Tank like a girl

Despite the name of this post, this is actually not fully about the zombies and the scourge invasion in-game. Fooled ya, didn’t I? Though I feel I should express my opinion about them, and do my usual Monday morning rambling about stuff I’ve recently done in-game. I played around with being a zombie a bit in phase 1 of the event, thought it was fun and very different and then went back to my regular playtime. However, I also read stuff like wow_ladies, and it was quickly becoming apparent that people either LOVE this event or HAAAAATE it. There does not seem to be any middle-ground. What got me most is the argument I have seen used by the haters over and over: the event stops them from doing the important things they need to do in-game. Like grinding, and trick or treating. Sounded like some people have a job instead of playing a game, which I thought was extreme.

I do however understand people with lowbie characters who are upset about griefing and that’s clearly gone on. Zombies bring out the little kid in most people, the annoying brats who just want to disrupt other people’s gameplay and defend it as fun.

Other than arguing about the zombie event, I spent most of the weekend tanking some more. I finally feel that I have a good handle on things, and it’s really possible to just blaze through heroics now. I am trying to finish the heroics achievement, because that’s one that actually matters to me, as opposed to most other achievements. I still have quite a bunch left, as the only ones that were retro’d in were the ones I did for the Trials of the Naaru quest chain. I’m about halfway done.

As I am running more heroics now, I accumulated quite a few badges. I finally broke the 100 badges mark and was ready to buy Sunguard Legplates. I then changed my mind, because I didn’t feel they were a huge upgrade to my Unwavering Legguards. Or rather, I am not fighting the kind of bosses until 80 where the avoidance bonus of those pants would matter. Instead I blew my badges on Sabatons of the Righteous Defender as way superior threat upgrade from my Boots of Elusion. I hadn’t realized how awesome all the former paladin prot gear is now for prot warriors as well. These boots used to have spell hit on them in the past. I’m happy about the change, more gear options are good. I blew the rest of the badges on a Crimson Spinel and an Empyrean Sapphire for the sockets of the boots. As bonus, I am now looking very Amani-style, with all the ZA-style badge gear and ZA drops I am wearing.

Yesterday we blazed through ZA, but we only got three chests again. Seriously, you guys who got bears in the past, hats off to you, even on ezmode we seem to be too slow. We had 1 minute left before pulling Halazzi, which wasn’t really sufficient. Do you guys loot the bosses or do all of the looting after all four bosses are dead? A lot of people got very nice upgrades yesterday, which was pretty nice to see. Nothing for me this time, but that’s quite alright. The only stuff I am now still looking for are the shield and maybe the axe off ZJ. Executioner finally dropped, so it’s time to get my King’s Defender enchanted with that.

After ZA we hit Karazhan, to check out the new Scourge invasion boss. Okay, vampire blood elfs. I always had my suspicions about those crazy loons, I tell ya. The boss himself was…different, and to my shame I kissed the floor when he was at about 35%. I think by the end of it we had only half of the raid still up. Those red balls of doom are nasty business. Also, really stopping DPS during the blood siphon thing helps with people staying alive! The rock star guitar axe went to our ret paladin, who rocked out for us, and we all enjoyed the cute widdle bat everyone in the raid gets as reward. Along with two badges, that is. Fun stuff. I bet Karazhan has lots of rooms where you could slap new bosses. How many of us have actually explored Medivh’s quarters e.g.?

What have you guys been up to? Fun with the zombies? Pissed off about the event? Raiding triumphs? I want to hear it all.

Ever since the introduction of special bosses during holiday events a year ago, I’ve been tanking such events. I have rings off Headless Horseman, cloaks off Ahune, trinkets from Brewfest, but never have I gotten any of the low drop rate items ever. Which is alright. Headless Horseman is always special, because he happens to drop one of the cutest pets, which I’ve been trying to get for the other half since HH first showed up in game.

Yesterday was another day that didn’t see a Squashling drop from about 10-12 summons that we did. But this dropped, and I happened to roll a 97.

Hope the Halloween event is treating y’all as well as it did me.

It be International Talk Like a Pirate Day today, ye scurvy sea dogs! If’n yer readin this, drown yerself in rum, like this cap’n wants to do, as she waits fer the PTR client ter install. Arrr, this be a mighty slow process, we can sack whole cities while waitin’ for that slow ship to land in port. But once it’s here, we can be seein’ how well mighty Capn’ Kadomi is farin’ in the New World of 3.0, and if she’ll have to get the shiny Adamantine Figurine from the bank to not be critted in the face by her enemies.

May yer days be filled with lotsa bounty and phat pieces of loot, and don’t ferget to join the pirate’s life by talkin’ to a friendly crew-member in any capital city or Booty Bay, to join the cause. I’m sailin’ off to the PTR now!