Achievements!

I suck at updating this!

My Warlock is sitting at two bars to dinging 57. I've been AHing everything in sight so that I can buy the riding skill at 60. I don't think I can come up with 500 gold in time. Oh well!

The 3.0.3 patch changes are alright. I do NOT like that they made the Dreadsteed quest obsolete. The Dreadsteed is now a trainable spell just like everything else. What next? Are all the demons going to be simply trainable and the in-game experience as well as the personal experience going to just go out the window? I am irritated.

If the quest is still doable I am going to do it. I missed out on so much mucking about with twenty thousand alts. I fully intend to do this quest chain and feel better for it. I will not be ex-mode lock of lulz! I have collected some of the mats and have talked with another warlock about using his reusable mats from his chain. Hopefully he will stick to his promise otherwise I will be out of luck and have to save even more gold. Do you know how hard it is for me to save gold when I love to buy things? This is a problem I have in real life too. lol

I got the achievement for finishing off Lower Black Rock Spire. The Dreadmist Bracers dropped for me! It was astonishing. I wasn't even aware of what they were. But when my group pressed them upon me I smiled. Yay me! Then I looked on the official website and realized... DUH! Dungeon One Warlock Set. One of two armor sets I have drooled over.

And then it hit me. I have sat and read about all the dungeons, raids, armor sets and wished I was high enough to experience more than just starter zones. But I just couldn't help but hop from alt to alt to server to server. But now, I have a character close to 60 and I am able to enter these zones, instances and soon raids(old school but raids nonetheless) that I have always thought about. I can collect the gear and run around and not be called a nub/loser/whatever because I'm only level -30.

And I am GOOD at what I do. I don't think I'm the best. But I am proud of my DPS and the way I can handle myself in most situations. I still kinda suck at PVP which is horrible being on a PVP server - when I am taken by surprise out in the world I usually die hard and quick, battlegrounds I can usually hold my own though. I was complemented on my ability and willingness to follow directions and asking questions if I didn't understand by the tank and the priest in my LBRS group. They talked to me about the possibility of raiding when I get higher. This is the second time this particular priest has mentioned raiding. I am flattered. I would love to raid. I would love to say, "Yeah, we just knocked down Kael last night." I would love it. But my schedule is tight and would get in the way of serious raiding. I'd love to be on their alt list though!

I have just discovered the awesomeness of WoWInsider. Yes, I am a tool for not knowing about it. I've heard about it but never paid much attention. All my resources and information I gather from wow_ladies on livejournal. They are an awesome group, for those that might be curious.


Oh! I almost forgot! I showed my noobyboobyness in LBRS by falling not once! but TWICE! into holes in the floor. The first time I got too excited about fighting and just ran forward... At least I was close enough to soak up the experience. I felt very foolish but no one yelled. The second time was on the dragon-y boss(yeah, I forgot his name) where I moved too far to the side and fell right as we downed him. I felt very foolish again.

Ah well. Noob happens!

I'm a nooby booby!

One of the things I have noticed while playing the game is the attitudes of the regular players.

You have to be in THE BEST gear, have the BEST spell rotation, have THE BEST pet/minion, and OMGWTFBBQ THE BEST spec. I have always thought this was a big pile of stinky horse poo. Seriously. But it has merit. You want to be the best because you want to have fun.

I learned this lesson very recently.

I spent an entire weekend getting better gear for my warlock after noticing she would place at the bottom of every DPS chart during instances. And PvP? LOL! Yeah. NOT. COOL. So I farmed Sacrlet Monastery, and power leveled my tailoring a good bit. Suddenly, she was topping mages and paladins and breaking aggro left and right. I started to have so much fun.

Now, breaking aggro annoys tanks and pisses off healers. It's not fun to have three elites wave away the tank and come rushing up to smash your brains in. So I, once again, farmed some more gear and lowered my bonus spell damage a bit. You see, I was only using my DOTs and Drain Life along with my Imp's fire bolt. WHAT was I doing WRONG?

I still don't know. >.>

I still break aggro. Though now I think it's a lot to do with grouping with a warrior tank versus a paladin tank. So I blame them. I'm just an innocent warlock... *whistles*



Moral:
Even if you don't have the best everything your choice in tanks makes a difference!