Need battleground marks but don't have the time to get them? Well here's a new way to get them for half the time! Ok, lets say I need Eye of the Storm marks, what I'll do is sign up for a random battleground instead of first available. This way I don't have to come into a battleground and stay the whole duration. You might even come into a winning battleground! Z and I have figured out that you can come into a winning battleground a lot more often in the afternoon than the morning so thats a good time to do this :). Don't forget the number you signed up for, if you get called for a different number that means the one you signed up for has ended. If this happens it will automatically sign you up for another battleground (the same type battleground you signed up for), but there is a big chance it will be a battleground that has not even started yet or has just started. I have been called to half started ones even though it was not the battleground number I signed up for, really its your choice whether to go in or not :). Remember, this strategy is only good at getting battleground marks, its really bad for getting honor. I hope you like this, it has worked very well for other guild members, they have complimented a lot, thank you :). Good luck!

Preface: http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/02/27/ptr-notes-shaman-buffs-life-tap-cha...

After reading that, I'm vindicated. Here's why:

Every single Enhancement shaman makes fun of me for NOT putting windfury on both of my weapons. Then they make fun for me having such a fast off hand. Its true, having two slow 1h weapons with windfury blows my DPS out of the water in most cases.

However, I lose the ability to diversify against different targets. I use Rockbiter against soft targets, as it increases melee DPS. Frostbrand when defending or stopping runners, proc to slow movement by 50%. Flametongue against high AC classes as its damage is magical. Sure, I don't put out as much DPS in the form of a burst, but I feel like it allows for better control over my opponents.

I've always run with 'off-specs', I've always worn them as badges, too. I hate having to defend that against every person that spends too much time theorycrafting on Elitist Jerks. I basically just tell people that I know they are 1337 with thier DPS. I then return the most flags in WSG, or defend the most nodes in AB.

In terms of a faster vs. slower weapon (with out enchants or other improvements); I'd still prefer the faster one in my off hand simply because it has a higher chance to knock back spell casting. Sure, the slower one crits a ton higher, but how much does that help me when I'm CC'd or the target gets off a ton of heals?

So, how am I vindicated? Flametongue weapon will now add a stacking healing debuff on its targets. That means, I get a Mortal Strike / Aimed Shot / Wound Poison ability!!! Since it's a proc, the faster the weapon, the more chance I have to apply the affect.

Of course, this is only on the test realm....

Ok, so the night started out with me wanting to push to 44 on my warrior, Tueur. I had a ton of quests to do in Gadgetzan, 1/2 a level to go and some fresh gear from my previous run in Zul Farak with Cristia, Testudo and Zorlocky.

As Egaenil and I ran around doing some of the world quests, I leveled and unlocked a few more quests in ZF, so he kindly offered to take me through again. After the first run, I managed to get Sang'thraze the Deflector, and once we saw that, we reset the instance and went after Jang'thraze the Protector, which miraculously dropped on our first try! I can't use them both until I hit 45, which should be some time Thursday, but I think I'll re-spec to Fury to try out some dual wielding fun. :D

This Sunday Morning (Sept 10), not sure on time yet, but Eternal Legion has invited all lvl 70 members of MonkeyShines for a fun event. For obvious reasons, I can not explain what this event pertains to, however if you are interest, either ask Testudo or myself in guild chat. Once you find out about this event, DO NOT POST ANYTHING ABOUT IT ON OUR SITE.

Happy Hunting !!
-Z

For those that know how I play, this is second news. For those that don't, sorry in advance....

I think I've finally found out what I need to do in this game: level every class to max. Here is my rationale.

I'm a grass is greener player. I love pvp; and lately, its become an addiction. It seems that no matter which class I take into a BG or world pvp, I wish I had another race/class at (or above) the level I'm currently pvp'ing with.

Luckily for me, I've always leveled alts to build blue state on my mains. So, I've currently got:

70 pally, 70 druid, 49 mage, 45 lock, 43 shammy, 40 rogue, 35 warrior, 23 hunter, and some newb priest.

You'll probably see me bouncing between classes to run out their blue state. Hopefully this will sate my desire to have something different.

I don't know what to think of this, however. On one hand, it makes me think that there is not one class that is "perfect" for me; on the other it makes me feel like there is such a good balance between the classes.

Eh.... today is the warrior, tomorrow will probably be the warlock.

Well.... If anybody needs the 2 of the main ingredients for a quest or instance group, I'm a one-stop shop!

Paladin is 70 Protection spec (Tank)
Druid is 70 Restoration spec (Healer)

Stats are in my siggy!

:D  Awesome.

Coming in 2.2.0: Integrated voice chat.

Tigerclaw, who I've never heard of either-- is he a dev? He says he's "in a whole other building than the CMs"-- has bad news for all of those Teamspeak and Ventrilo hosts. Apparently come 2.2.0, you won't need to run any extra programs, as players will be able to speak to each other via the normal client. Tigerclaw also says a PTR for the patch is upcoming, but he definitely does work for Blizzard: he doesn't give any clues at all as to when this might happen.

I finally managed to get Doodiehead to 70 :)  My /played was 17 days, which reflects the much more casual pace i went at, compared to a /played time of 11 days to level 60.  All in all, not bad :)

I made it to the Outlands (finally). But it was late so I figured I would pick it up on Tuesday(today). Now, of course, the patch went in and I can't get into the game. :( This sucks!

Hey! Where is my signature?

Just as a headsup I heard on the 1UP WoW Podcast that their upcoming Games for Windows magazine will feature a 10+ page interview w/ some Blizzard Devs. In this interview they've figured out that:

Guild Banks are coming
Built-in VOIP (Ventrillo) to WoW

We'll see more soon I'm sure but figured I'd put this out there.