All posts by Arjen

A blog about a Dutch guy with just too damn much time on his hands. A life of work, anime, WoW and boredom.

Kara, here I come!

Yeah, finally Karazhan attuned!

Took me 2 weeks to get Black Morass completed! PUG’s suck. Healers leaving after 1 wipe. Terrible. But, third run in 2 weeks, we finally managed to defend Medivh successfully. So I got to talk to him and got The Master’s Key! And, Sun-Gilded Shouldercaps dropped from Chrono Lord Deja. Butt-ugly, but they serve their purpose.

So, next… SV runs, to get exalted with Cenarion Expedition and get Earthwarden. And run The Mechanar a couple of times to get Thoriumweave Cloak from the first boss. I’d rather just farm that first boss for a bit till it drops, but no way I’l find a group for that. Same goes for Lieutenant Drake in Old Hillsbrad Foothills. He drops Iron Band of the Unbreakable. Again, first boss 🙁

Terrible weekend…

Suckiest weekend in a long time.

Woke up saterday morning with a migraine. Had to stay in bed till early in the afternoon. After that, spent all day on the couch, watching Naruto. Too much of a headache to play WoW, or even watch the screen. That pretty much sucked like hell. Wanted to do Black Morass, but when I finally felt good enough to play, at about 21:00, half the guild was already there. Seems to happen to me all the time. When I want to go somewhere, people are already there. And then they don’t want to go there for a couple of days. Great.

Sunday, Mechanar. Lousy run. Annoying group. Know-it-alls who didn’t know all that much. Wipes. And the 1 item I went for, didn’t drop. Nah, can’t say I have a lot of luck… ever. And I really really don’t like Mecha (or Bota for that matter), I really don’t want to go there again, but I need that drop, but I’m not interested in going futher then the first boss. No chance on that happening though, I’ll have to go all the way and it will probably take me months to get that drop. I’ll never be able to find a group to just help me.

Then, at 18:00 or something, I was asked to go to Shadow Labs. Didn’t feel like it, but went anyway. Did say I wouldn’t stay longer then 2 hours, since I was hungry. 3 hours later, we were still in there, at the third boss. Terrible group. Nothing worked. My tanking sucked, all the CC sucked, healing wasn’t enough… just everything sucked. And since I hadn’t eaten much all day, I wanted to leave. So I got bitched at for “leaving when at one wipe”. WTF? More like 10 wipes, we had been there for over 3 hours. I said I wouldn’t stay that long in the first place, so take someone else to start with if you don’t like that! For gods sake, I keep doing other people favors and I keep getting bitched at.

I’m seriously losing interest in playing WoW. I love WoW, but I’m starting to dislike the community. Maybe it’s just this server, but it’s just a pain. I want to play for my own fun, but that’s impossible without other people. And somehow other people manage to get help in their selfishness and I always end up helping others and not getting any help myself. It sucks. And I’m sick of it.

A good week! WoW-wise…

Tuesday: The Mechanar. Been there once, but wiped at the first boss. Second try, we cleared the place. Not without problems, but in the end it wasn’t all that hard. The item I wanted from that first boss didn’t drop 🙁 But I did get the first part for the Arcatraz Key.

Wednesday: The Botanica. On patch day. Never a smart idea. Instance was bugged. Bosses were a piece of cake, but the non-elite trash wiped us like crazy. We skipped two bosses, cause it was taking too long. But, cleared it in the end and got the second part of the Arcatraz Key. Here we come Arca!

Today: The Arcatraz. Nice group, went pretty well. Wipe at the entrance, really stupid. Wipe at the third boss…. and two of the group had to leave. Sucked! We found another healer though. And another DPS. So, on we went. One wipe after that, another DPS left. Konama lost focus, he said. But he was going to regret leaving! Last boss was a blast! One of the funniest bosses I’ve seen so far. But, more important, in the room before the last boss: The Third Key Fragment.  And the body of Seer Udalo. So, all pieces for Karazhan key completed and quest in the chain for Verdant Gloves completed.

Then to finish the chain for those gloves. Tough puppy, specially since it’s a 5-man quest and I could only find 1 person. Thanks Reîq! But, we did it! With only two! So, Verdant Gloves, here I come! Finally!

Next step is Black Morass, hopefully tomorrow. After that, I’m attuned for Karazhan!

Stylin’!

After grinding my way to 355 leatherworking to make Heavy Clefthoof Leggings and Heavy Clefthoof Boots and then to 360 to make Heavy Clefthoof Vest, I finally completed my Strength of the Clefthoof set. It gives me a total of 1397 armor, 108 stamina and 74 defense rating. And, for equiping all items, a +20 strength bonus. Combine that with a total of 4 yellow sockets and 4 blue sockets, which I filled with Solid Star of Elunes (+12 stamina) and Enduring Talasites (+4 defense rating and +6 stamina), I get a grand total of 108 + (4 x 12) + (4 x 6) = 180 stamina and 74 + (4 x 4) = 90 defense rating. Pretty good for a crafted set, huh?

Then, I grinded my ass off till I got the mats for a Stylin’ Purple Hat! Someone offered to craft it for me if I got the mats, so… hell yeah! It’s the best tanking headpiece for a druid in the game, with 232 armor, +48 agility and +45 stamina. I mean, come on, a little hat like that, 232 armor? Madness. And, best of all, it’s STYLIN’!

And, I got myself a Braxxis’ Staff of Slumber, a great tank staff. It may be a level 64 staff, but it’s one of the best weapons I can get my hands on, until I’m exalted with Cenarion Expedition, so I can get Earthwarden.

All I need now are new shoulders, which are a real pain. I’m trying to get me Shoulderpads of Assassination, but they look stupid in a Tauren. I might give up on those and go for Moonglade Shoulders, which look kinda cool, but aren’t as good. And I’m looking into getting Skystalker’s Shoulders of the Beast (or the Bandit), when I get to see them.

Anyway, this is what I look like now (when I’m actually in combat, I wear High Warlord’s Dragonhide Spaulders, but they look stupid with my new set).


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