My new hero

Have a look at the Armory profile of Mynithrosil.

He made a thread on the forum, which predictably got buried by the, "DPS is the only thing that matters," crowd.

All political correctness aside, however, (although his spec isn't quite what I'd do myself, and I'd probably also go for another hundred or so Ag) as far as I'm concerned, this guy represents what Survival is really about. Read the OP, and if you can, wade through the other garbage in the thread for his followup comments. It's great stuff.

You're awesome, Myn. Don't let those who can't see it get you down.

Weird AV Result

Someone a while back said that it wasn't killing blows that they considered important in a battleground, but damage done. To that particular troll, if you're still reading, this screen shot is just for you. ;-)



It's probably still not that great; around 4th in terms of damage, and lower than that overall...it's probably about the most damage I've done in a match, though.

Awaiting retorts of, "Don't fool yourself. You still suck." ;-)

Something inspiring

http://mayanmajix.com/art3584.html

This is something that is a little positive, which some of you might like.

Back to Scholo

I just did Jandice Barov again before bed. I know I should have been working on finishing the guide I promised Mr Sato, but it's been more than a week since I've been able to get in-game. As someone said to me on the forum just tonight, I spend far more time writing about this game than I do actually playing it, these days.

I was able to buy an nVidia GeForce 8500GT on Ebay yesterday, and should hopefully get it as well next week. That will mean a couple of good things for me.

The first is that in conjunction with some extra RAM which I might be getting soon as well, I'll be able to finally make some of the videos I've been talking about. The second is that I'll finally be able to start using Linux again possibly, which I haven't been able to do with the ATI card.

I've worried with the videos though that I will put people to sleep. My getting to Jandice took probably close to an hour and a half, as pathetic as that might seem; I'm very, very slow and methodical, and I also don't dodge trash at all; I go through all of it, rather than having it hit me in the back when I need room to maneuvre later. So I'd have to choose which stuff I was going to film.

It could still just be my gear, but I find in some parts of Scholo that I still need to think about what I'm doing somewhat. As long as I am careful and do things properly, there's no problem, but I find that rushing still causes aggro to get out of control and for me to get swamped, so I don't do that.

I've got a somewhat new modal keybinding setup that I'll write about here at some point, as well; I realised I needed something new, but didn't want to expend the RAM necessary for Bongos, so I've moved some things around a bit.

The gout is gone

A few residual knots and twinges, but I was back to walking yesterday, and the pain is rapidly decreasing. Am going to stay on the new diet, however; but I've allowed myself a bag of Snakes every couple of days, as I love these, and don't want to become completely sadomasochistic. They don't seem to be doing me too much harm.

I want to thank everyone who made comments wishing me a speedy recovery; it was very much appreciated, as were the suggestions for treatment.

Now, back to the forum! ;-)

I'm back - almost

I've been bedridden with my second attack of gout, which is slightly more severe than the last one was. Although it seems to have taken close to a week, I seem to have turned the corner earlier today, finally; the pain and swelling are almost entirely gone, and renal function is returning to normal.

It's made me realise that offline in a general sense, I need to start applying the same degree of conservatism which I traditionally have with Survival in WoW. Although my weight is nowhere near that which people on the forum have at times enjoyed implying, I had previously indulged in a lifetime consumption of Coca Cola, (which, for most of my existence, has been my only real vice) as well as a recent excessive consumption of pizza.

The recent attack though, has made me aware that if I want to avoid premature death, my diet needs changing. I'd already been heading in this direction, but now it's official; Coke and pizza are out, and pescatarianism and green tea are in.

I'm seeing the same principle at work outside of the game to what I've seen inside it; we engage in excess (high threat, max damage to targets when soloing, in WoW terms) because it can feel good, but often, doing more than necessary is self-defeating and harmful; it can be good to get back to basics.

It will probably still be a few days before I'm back to being my usual outspoken, emo self, but don't worry; I'll be back and enthusiastically seeking narcissistic supply on the forum again in no time. ;-)

A new alt

Something I've neglected to mention over the last few days is that I've started a new alt called Lougass. He's a Blood Elf; Mirsh has traditionally been a bit weak against casters in AB, so I wanted to see if the Blood Elf racials could help out a little there.

He's also pure Survival. Mirsh levelled Surv with a few points in BM; Hawk, Monkey, and ET mainly, but still not pure Surv. He's level 23 now, with 110 Ag so far; got that at level 21 though.

He's cost me a lot, as well. I've spent prolly 120g on him from my bank alt buying 10-19 twink Ag gear. Most people would prolly think that's a really dumb thing to do, but it is letting me tear through mobs in Stonetalon.

It's also confirmed my belief that Survival is as much trap based at lower levels as it is at higher ones. Before level 20, it's very, very painful. Partly because you don't have Immolation Trap yet, but also partly because there's no really good gear at that point.

Once you get Immolation Trap and Clever Traps though, it's fine. I'm finding that with my gear, in the instances I've done so far with the toon, my damage output is higher than anyone else there just with Serpent and Auto. I know that won't last, mind you.

I really miss playing as Mirsh, though. I still love Orcs. ;-)