Since my first list of gear has been cleared, let me create a new list of goodies. I created this list of gear based on me actually having a shot at acquiring it. For example, the PvP gear is listed yet the arena gear is not since I've only done 1 round of arena so far this year, and have no plans to pick it up again.
Vindicator's Silk Cuffs
Fetish of the Primal Gods
Vindicator's Silk Footguards
Violet Signet of the Archmage
Icon of the Silver Crescent
Scryer's Blade of Focus
So this means I'll need 29644 honor, 20 WSG tokens, 40 EoTS tokens, and 225 Badges of Justice. I figured farming most of those badges in Kara should get me to exalted. (I'm just guessing here. I haven't done the math yet.)
I also need to decide in which order to buy the upgrades. The dagger being the biggest upgrade also is the hardest to acquire. Currently, I have 13 badges and I've only been able to acquire as many as 9 badges in a single week. This means I'll need to rigorously farm badges for the next 15 weeks, or simply take it off my list completely.
Furthermore, I'd like to find a set to replace my spellfire set, but I'm finding it difficult to find alternates. As before, I will update this blog as necessary.
It's not impossible to improve on perfection, it just takes time and discipline.
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Saturday, March 22, 2008
"Bear" my willy?
Since Comehither is completly geared with epics now, I've decided to level my druid - Bearwilly. For those who would like to know how Bear got his name, well...
At the place where I make my money to pay my monthly World of Warcraft subscription, there is a gym. I personally don't have a membership because I'm good-lookin' as it is. However, our guild master and other members are and for a period of time came across a man in the sauna. He must play on the EU server 'cause every day, he would take off his towel and procede to perform several "exercises" that would frighten all others from the immediate vicinity. Since this guy would scare all those who would impose on his territory by exposing his woodrow, I created "Bearwilly" to strike fear in those who dared to oppose me. This name sounded like a good idea at the time.
I picked a druid because I wanted a toon that could be either a healer or tank for whatever the guild needed. I do not plan on making him as good as my mage; however, I would like him to be seen as a capable guild member that could be party to any instance. Depending on how long the expansion takes to release, he may get to see some Kara gear, but not until I do the required battleground runs to get him geared up. I refuse to be a liability on any raid run.
Rather than open another blog just for Bear, I'll post using the same as the mage. As I write this post, he is only 53 but I hope to have him at 70 by the end of April. As I learn more using the druid with higher content, I will post important information.
Feel the Love...Drood Love!
At the place where I make my money to pay my monthly World of Warcraft subscription, there is a gym. I personally don't have a membership because I'm good-lookin' as it is. However, our guild master and other members are and for a period of time came across a man in the sauna. He must play on the EU server 'cause every day, he would take off his towel and procede to perform several "exercises" that would frighten all others from the immediate vicinity. Since this guy would scare all those who would impose on his territory by exposing his woodrow, I created "Bearwilly" to strike fear in those who dared to oppose me. This name sounded like a good idea at the time.
I picked a druid because I wanted a toon that could be either a healer or tank for whatever the guild needed. I do not plan on making him as good as my mage; however, I would like him to be seen as a capable guild member that could be party to any instance. Depending on how long the expansion takes to release, he may get to see some Kara gear, but not until I do the required battleground runs to get him geared up. I refuse to be a liability on any raid run.
Rather than open another blog just for Bear, I'll post using the same as the mage. As I write this post, he is only 53 but I hope to have him at 70 by the end of April. As I learn more using the druid with higher content, I will post important information.
Feel the Love...Drood Love!
Monday, March 17, 2008
Kara run to play chess....
Since our normal stat tracker couln't make our Kara run to chess, I decided to post the DPS stats as best I could. I don't have WoW webstats, just the export from Recap.
| Recap generated by Comehither for All Fights on 03/18/08 00:19:53 in Shattrath City | ||||||||||||||
| Name | Cls | Healing | % | Damage | % | Max | DPS | |||||||
| Gingerdemon | Wlk | 47523 | 2% | 683548 | 18% | 4151 | 596.4 | |||||||
| Comehither | Mag | 27453 | 1% | 656703 | 17% | 3856 | 569.8 | |||||||
| Lefthandblak | Rog | 13953 | 1% | 495612 | 13% | 2195 | 431.6 | |||||||
| Minotauros | Shm | 104589 | 5% | 469936 | 12% | 1609 | 470.2 | |||||||
| Enduron | Wlk | 20669 | 1% | 439573 | 11% | 3776 | 446.3 | |||||||
| Temtress | Hnt | 25039 | 1% | 363291 | 9% | 1393 | 365.0 | |||||||
| Veradas | Pal | 167184 | 8% | 293117 | 8% | 1457 | 221.3 | |||||||
| Fury | 10275 | 0% | 211611 | 6% | 921 | 220.2 | ||||||||
| Silverrime | War | 57692 | 3% | 180607 | 5% | 780 | 165.3 | |||||||
| Valcarrie | Pal | 1014218 | 46% | 38858 | 1% | 3200 | 1041.8 | |||||||
| Trophywife | Pri | 733961 | 33% | 12787 | 0% | 3200 | 784.5 | |||||||
| Wolf | 400 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Kite Practice
If you need kite practice like I do, try doing this quest: Prisoner of the Bladespire. For a mage, I would slow then blink. Scorch, Scorch, Scorch. Repeat. Go to the Bloodmaul camp and have the non-elite ogres help you. They don't do much damage, but they do daze the elite. Be careful not to use AoE or else the Bloodmaul may attack you instead.
If the elite Raptor comes after you, just sheep and by the time it wears off the elite raptor should evade. Look for my post on Focusing on Crowd Control to learn more.
Nice!
If the elite Raptor comes after you, just sheep and by the time it wears off the elite raptor should evade. Look for my post on Focusing on Crowd Control to learn more.
Nice!
Monday, February 18, 2008
Focusing on Crowd Control
The capability of a mage's crowd control + DPS is unmatched by any other class in the world...of warcraft. In order to be the most-effective at both without spending time changing targets, follow this advice.
It's easy to create a macro to set focus on your current target. Use this often to mark the mob you want to sheep and this makes a mage's life much easier.
/focus
After that, use the following macro to keep that sheep down for the fight without having to change targets. Just watch the debuff in case the mob pops early.
/cast [target=focus] Polymorph
Watch the line of sight, so you can re-sheep without having to move or change targets. With the mob eating grass for the entire fight, the mage can do what the mage does best...blow the crap out of everything.
Focus Daniel-son! Focus!
It's easy to create a macro to set focus on your current target. Use this often to mark the mob you want to sheep and this makes a mage's life much easier.
/focus
After that, use the following macro to keep that sheep down for the fight without having to change targets. Just watch the debuff in case the mob pops early.
/cast [target=focus] Polymorph
Watch the line of sight, so you can re-sheep without having to move or change targets. With the mob eating grass for the entire fight, the mage can do what the mage does best...blow the crap out of everything.
Focus Daniel-son! Focus!
Definitely Decursive
Any mage should download the Decursive addon for raids and instances. It allows you to single left click to decurse anyone within your raid/party or even right click those charmed to immediately sheep them (which is wonderful when your rogue starts whacking everyone...)
I personally just did 2 Kara runs with and without, and the difference was very significant. This add-on works wonderfully!
Find this a many other useful addons at http://wow.curse.com/downloads/addons/.
I personally just did 2 Kara runs with and without, and the difference was very significant. This add-on works wonderfully!
Find this a many other useful addons at http://wow.curse.com/downloads/addons/.
To export into the World of Reality?
For those wishing to export your toon into the World of Reality, check out FigurePrints. The site has a monthly drawing in order to deal with the large demand.
You should at least check out their free demo. It is uber-kewl!
Good Luck!
You should at least check out their free demo. It is uber-kewl!
Good Luck!
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Guild drama...eck!
Although everyone loves to gossip and drama does make life interesting at times. Prolonged disagreements will wear you down as well as those around you. The same goes for a guild. Simple things like what to run for what gear, or what to farm and what to quest, or when you need to help others and when do you ask for help, can cause a guild to crumble from within. I personally have some simple ideals for ensuring that my WoW time is time well spent.
Here are some things to remember while in a guild to avoid guild drama.
1. Play the game the way you want to. Don't let your guild mates demand that you re-spec or put pressure on you to always raid or instance when the guild does. You paid the same price for the game and pay month to month just like everyone else.
2. If you want to fly solo for a while, that is okay. We all need time to ourselves now and then.
3. This is just a game. Albeit the best game in history, but this is still something you do in your free time. Don't try to compete too much with each other about who is the best DPS, who is the "main" tank, best healer, blah, blah, blah. Just play the game as a team, and what you accomplish together is what matters most.
4. Gear is not as important as the experience. You bought the game to play it and not have great gear (or a cool blogspot - lol). The game is very well designed to give the player a wonderful experience that is unmatched in the industry. So don't forget to look around and "smell" the roses.
So, please enjoy one another...
For the Horde! For Faith Plus One!
Here are some things to remember while in a guild to avoid guild drama.
1. Play the game the way you want to. Don't let your guild mates demand that you re-spec or put pressure on you to always raid or instance when the guild does. You paid the same price for the game and pay month to month just like everyone else.
2. If you want to fly solo for a while, that is okay. We all need time to ourselves now and then.
3. This is just a game. Albeit the best game in history, but this is still something you do in your free time. Don't try to compete too much with each other about who is the best DPS, who is the "main" tank, best healer, blah, blah, blah. Just play the game as a team, and what you accomplish together is what matters most.
4. Gear is not as important as the experience. You bought the game to play it and not have great gear (or a cool blogspot - lol). The game is very well designed to give the player a wonderful experience that is unmatched in the industry. So don't forget to look around and "smell" the roses.
So, please enjoy one another...
For the Horde! For Faith Plus One!
Just the kind of gear I'm looking for...
I have a small wish list of items that I want that are within my reach. Some of these may be redundant, but the idea is to get whatever comes first then re-evaluate my options.
From Sha'Tar rep by running Tempest Keep instances until Revered (Arc, Bot, or Mech - heroic or non-heroic. I don't care specifically.) I just need the Sha'Tar rep, but the badges wouldn't be bad either.
Alchemist's Stone - CLEARED! on 3/10/2008
Glyph of Power - CLEARED! on 3/10/2008
Recipe: Transmute Primal Air to Fire - CLEARED! on 3/10/2008
Xi'ri's Gift - It might take a while to make the stone but it is a small upgrade from my Vengeance of the Illidari. - CLEARED! on 3/10/2008
From Karazhan Raids:
Spectral Band of Innervation dropped by Attumen the Huntsman - CLEARED! Dropped on 2/19/08.
Shadow-Cloak of Dalaran dropped by Moroes - I don't need this anymore, but if it drops and no one can use it...
Violet Signet by turning in Distinguished Service - CLEARED! Turned in quest on 3/17/08
Shawl of Shifting Probabilities which costs 25 Badges of Justice - CLEARED! Purchased on 3/4/2008. Now I have to decide whether to roll on the Kara cloak. (Since it dropped a couple of times, I just might if I'm the only clothie in the raid w/o it - hehe)
I'll update this post as needed.
May the lewt be with you...always!
From Sha'Tar rep by running Tempest Keep instances until Revered (Arc, Bot, or Mech - heroic or non-heroic. I don't care specifically.) I just need the Sha'Tar rep, but the badges wouldn't be bad either.
Alchemist's Stone - CLEARED! on 3/10/2008
Glyph of Power - CLEARED! on 3/10/2008
Recipe: Transmute Primal Air to Fire - CLEARED! on 3/10/2008
Xi'ri's Gift - It might take a while to make the stone but it is a small upgrade from my Vengeance of the Illidari. - CLEARED! on 3/10/2008
From Karazhan Raids:
Spectral Band of Innervation dropped by Attumen the Huntsman - CLEARED! Dropped on 2/19/08.
Shadow-Cloak of Dalaran dropped by Moroes - I don't need this anymore, but if it drops and no one can use it...
Violet Signet by turning in Distinguished Service - CLEARED! Turned in quest on 3/17/08
Shawl of Shifting Probabilities which costs 25 Badges of Justice - CLEARED! Purchased on 3/4/2008. Now I have to decide whether to roll on the Kara cloak. (Since it dropped a couple of times, I just might if I'm the only clothie in the raid w/o it - hehe)
I'll update this post as needed.
May the lewt be with you...always!
Why Arcane?
Some of you may view my spec and say "Why in the world...of warcraft would you want to spend your talent points on Arcane, especially slow?"
My answer: Yes, I have AV-d 'til my nose bleeds many, many times. However, the world...of warcraft doesn't revolve around PvP and I personally view the battlegrounds as a means to an end, not the purpose of playing. I do enjoy it sometimes. There is something funny about slowing a rogue or warrior when their back is turned and watching them get pissed off as you kite them around, fire blasting them from a distance.
For questing, I've been able to solo 3-man and 4-man group quests without a pet (Hunter Nerf!). For example, Veraku hardly touched me and I was able to easily kite Levixus the Soul Caller to the Sha'tar camp and have the guards finish him off. (Ice Block FTW!)
For raids / instances, mages can be aggro magnets so I personally like the flexibility of being mana efficient by using fireballs and scorch, which stacks vulnerability, and the high-powered, yet low-threat generating arcane spells. Casting slow during the multi-mob pulls for both Moroes and the Opera Event (the Crone) has been effective.
By the way, arcane blast crits much more but WoW the mana drain! Just be sure your mana emerald has all three charges, your evocation is cooled down, and you may want to switch Mage Armor for long fights. Time your mana unload carefully, and you should be alright.
Hope this gives you some insight on how I like to /roll!
My answer: Yes, I have AV-d 'til my nose bleeds many, many times. However, the world...of warcraft doesn't revolve around PvP and I personally view the battlegrounds as a means to an end, not the purpose of playing. I do enjoy it sometimes. There is something funny about slowing a rogue or warrior when their back is turned and watching them get pissed off as you kite them around, fire blasting them from a distance.
For questing, I've been able to solo 3-man and 4-man group quests without a pet (Hunter Nerf!). For example, Veraku hardly touched me and I was able to easily kite Levixus the Soul Caller to the Sha'tar camp and have the guards finish him off. (Ice Block FTW!)
For raids / instances, mages can be aggro magnets so I personally like the flexibility of being mana efficient by using fireballs and scorch, which stacks vulnerability, and the high-powered, yet low-threat generating arcane spells. Casting slow during the multi-mob pulls for both Moroes and the Opera Event (the Crone) has been effective.
By the way, arcane blast crits much more but WoW the mana drain! Just be sure your mana emerald has all three charges, your evocation is cooled down, and you may want to switch Mage Armor for long fights. Time your mana unload carefully, and you should be alright.
Hope this gives you some insight on how I like to /roll!
Tailoring Leveling Guide
When I leveled my tailoring to 375, I followed this guide exactly and I must attest to its accuracy: http://www.almostgaming.com/wowguides/wow-tailoring-guide.
Questing vs. Farming for gold just before 70
Until the expansion comes out, you should hold off on questing for gold until level 70 obviously because you make more money per quest. The temptation to complete quests is high at level 67-68 since you're almost there, but let me assure you that farming for gold at this level is very easy and you will make a lot more money. My recommendation is to farm leather and netherweave in Nagrand. If you die in Netherstorm, you won't enjoy the walk back to your corpse and as for Shadowmoon, well...you can't skin a demon! Besides, it only took me 3 hours a day for a full week to grind from 67-70 with only completing a few quests just to keep the grind going.
All of the quests areas from the Nesingwary chain are good places to farm beasts. (It does earn you a very good wand at the end which you may want to get as soon as you can: Nesingwary Safari Stick.)
For netherweave, which if you tailor or plan on tailoring this means you'll need a ton of stacks, keep killing ogres until your ears bleed. However, I'd stay away from the ogres in the "The Ring of Blood" area since it is farmed way too much. The ogre areas in the valleys do very well and the respawn rate is good to keep you grinding away. The Ogre Slayer's Cover isn't bad either, so you may want to do your best to complete this 3-quest chain.
Remember mages, keep grinding until you can't stand it anymore then simply port out and call it a day. Warlocks are over-powered for grinding (dot-dot-dot-dot-fear...repeat), but they have to walk home.
Buy cotton balls to stick in your ears and enjoy!
All of the quests areas from the Nesingwary chain are good places to farm beasts. (It does earn you a very good wand at the end which you may want to get as soon as you can: Nesingwary Safari Stick.)
For netherweave, which if you tailor or plan on tailoring this means you'll need a ton of stacks, keep killing ogres until your ears bleed. However, I'd stay away from the ogres in the "The Ring of Blood" area since it is farmed way too much. The ogre areas in the valleys do very well and the respawn rate is good to keep you grinding away. The Ogre Slayer's Cover isn't bad either, so you may want to do your best to complete this 3-quest chain.
Remember mages, keep grinding until you can't stand it anymore then simply port out and call it a day. Warlocks are over-powered for grinding (dot-dot-dot-dot-fear...repeat), but they have to walk home.
Buy cotton balls to stick in your ears and enjoy!
Easy Button Mage Macro
Staples has their easy button, and I have mine:
/cast Presence of Mind
/cast Arcane Power
/use 13
/use 14
/cast Pyroblast
/cast Counterspell
/cast Presence of Mind
/cast Arcane Power
/use 13
/use 14
/cast Pyroblast
/cast Counterspell
Comehither Mage! Welcome!
Wow - I'm turning into a nerd just like a friend of mine, who's right over 'ere: http://worldofst.blogspot.com/.
I'll probably use this site to post all my lessoned learned from being simple, good-lookin' mage in the world....of warcraft. And I'll add-on my personal experience from my guild raids and instances as they are run.
Let me first give you an overview. Comehither was born May 14, 2007 in Eversong Woods. His life has taken mine, but rather than dismay at the end of my life I view it as a "portal" into immortality that didn't cost me a Rune of Teleportation.
My mighty mage has grown up quite a bit, and also has been working very hard since he hit level 70 last September. My current build was modeled using the information found on WoWWiki: http://www.wowwiki.com/Mage_build#Arcane_Pyro_.2843.2F11.2F0.2B7.29. If this changes, I'll post the new build and the reasons why.
Most of my gear is PvP and that's primarily because I'm impatient and Bliz loves the pally lewt more than the mage, so I rarely get something useful. My impatience was exemplified when I worked a whole week and a half fully leveling my tailoring and creating my spellfire set. I must thank my guildmates, Allbetter and Croretnuh for the loan that allowed me to buy my spellcloth at the AH.
That's good enough for now and hopefully I'll be able to post more in the time to come.
Welcome!
I'll probably use this site to post all my lessoned learned from being simple, good-lookin' mage in the world....of warcraft. And I'll add-on my personal experience from my guild raids and instances as they are run.
Let me first give you an overview. Comehither was born May 14, 2007 in Eversong Woods. His life has taken mine, but rather than dismay at the end of my life I view it as a "portal" into immortality that didn't cost me a Rune of Teleportation.
My mighty mage has grown up quite a bit, and also has been working very hard since he hit level 70 last September. My current build was modeled using the information found on WoWWiki: http://www.wowwiki.com/Mage_build#Arcane_Pyro_.2843.2F11.2F0.2B7.29. If this changes, I'll post the new build and the reasons why.
Most of my gear is PvP and that's primarily because I'm impatient and Bliz loves the pally lewt more than the mage, so I rarely get something useful. My impatience was exemplified when I worked a whole week and a half fully leveling my tailoring and creating my spellfire set. I must thank my guildmates, Allbetter and Croretnuh for the loan that allowed me to buy my spellcloth at the AH.
That's good enough for now and hopefully I'll be able to post more in the time to come.
Welcome!
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