Soul Caliber IV

...is awesome.

So is Spore...can't wait for that to come out.

In an interview by a spokesperson of Vivendi games, the release date of WotLK was said to be in the 2nd half of 2008. And since the game files include a Brewfest Kodo, I'm thinkin Oct/Nov.

I'm going...

to level my rogue today.

Oh, damn it.

I have about ~32000 Honor to grind to get rid of my non-epic armor. Then comes the rings, neck, and back. Oy, and arenas were terrible last night. I don't know what to say other than we have a lot of work. Shit, I have a lot of work to do...no more afking bg's it's time to learn all my shit so I don't forget I have it.

- Remember to equip/unequip my shield
- Don't switch targets so much -- just pick one and blow it the fuck up
- Coordinate cyclone's better
- Remember to throw down totems after they have been destroyed
- Save shocks for heals/spellcasts
- Remember my abilities!
- Get better gear

Honestly, this may be noobish but whatever, I forget that I have some abilities...I finally got over that hump with my rogue, but now I need to get over it with my shammy (who ironically has less abilities than my rogue). I'm not going to lie, I do miss the utilities and survivability I had with Raelan, but I'm determined to figure out shamans. Eventually, Raelan will be 70...and then 80...I haven't decided which one I will level first...but it's definitely going to be Horde.

Oh, and there is speculation that WotLK will be out this Oct. or Nov. Why? Because in the WotLK files there is the Brewfest Kodo model, a model that Blizzard said they were going to implement during the next Brewfest (which is in either Oct. or Nov.) Plus, each season only lasts a few months (except for Season 3 which was awkwardly long) and S4's number might be called come this Oct/Nov. At any rate, WotLK will be welcomed (at least for me), and I'm excited for the new mobility my Shaman will have. And, for Lore lovers, I can't wait to summon my wolves. Also, does anyone else think that the Rogue talents are a bit OP?

Arena

I want to find a 3s and 5s team...but then again, I need to my greens/blues replaced first I suppose.

Deathfrost is nice, whenever I looked for the debuff, it was always there.


I need to get my other ax.

Viability Chart

Courtesy of Push of Dark Iron...this shows the viability for shamans in Arena PvP (lol)

Global Cooldown...

..owns me.

I need to pay more attention..fuck.

Changes...

Okay, so I am putting my rogue on hold and playing my shaman. Until I can come up with a better title, the one that I'm using right now will have to do. Hopefully this'll be my last change...I'm sick of it.

Mages

frost mages suck.

I dueled my friend yesterday and got owned. i got him down to 432 the second time we fought, but I still consider it as ownage because he didn't use his water elemental. I'm going to QQ a little more...

Okay, I'm done.

I really want to get my weapons to try out mongoose/deathfrost. I've talked to a couple shammys that I've seen using that combination, and they said it's amazing. Deathfrost proc's very frequently and the slow effect (which can't be dispelled) is crucial when an earth shock is needed and someone is running away.

Y'know, I really want to do Kara so I can get my badge totem...but at the same time, I want to level my rogue and get him to 70. Gah, I need to just pick one and go with it...I don't know if I have the time, or the patience, to gear up 2 people right now. I barely have enough time to do one. Summer is the worst time for me to play, it seems. I find myself wanting to hang out with friends and go out as opposed to sitting and playing WoW...is that a bad thing? At least there is one thing that is nice...when my friends play WoW. At least then, I am able to play while hanging out with them! Isn't that nice? Yes, indeed it is.

Anyway, last night we all got together and played Monopoly and Life. I have to say it was a really fun time lol. I didn't expect it to be this fun, but I underestimated the power of the board game. I lost in Life (lol) but I managed to do okay in Monopoly. At one point, I was the top man, but one decision lead to my downfall. I had acquired 3 properties, which gave me a monopoly, and I had the money to build a hotel on one of them. I was going to build a hotel on the one that was worth the most just in case someone landed on it. HOWEVER, i STUPIDLY decided against that to save money in case I landed on enemy territory (which would cost me over 1k)...I say this was a STUPID decision because 3 people landed on that property..IN A ROW. I would have been able to collect over 3k in cash, and quite possibly knock out the most powerful player. But alas, I could not see into the future and that decision lead to my bankruptcy.

I'm hungry...is it lunch time yet?

Arena/PvP work

I need to get both of my s2 weapons before the weekend is up...I really REALLY wished that they made a slow offhand for s2 instead making me get 2 mainhands (27,000 honor as opposed to 36,000) they should have just added it into the game...is it really that hard? Merciless gladiator's chopper...there I did all the work already! Oh well, anyway, I was just thinking about things I needed to do:

- Don't just rush from Stormstrike to Earthshock when fighting a healer
- Figure out the totem placements for arenas that would maximize their effects
- Remember to throw down Wrath of Air totem for my healer
- Use stoneclaw totem against pets to alleviate pressure for my partner
- Don't put the same totem down twice (sometimes I forget if I have a totem down...but Blizzard helped us by putting indicator's under our portrait frame)
- Learn how to kill a frost mage w/o being able to purge off Ice Armor (if it's even possible anymore)
- Complete Kara to get my epic totem
- Get s2 weapons!

Nakah's Revival

This past weekend I spent doing arenas/bg with my shaman, Nakah (no, I haven't quit my rogue). I find that it is much more difficult to survive because of the lack of all the CD's that the rogues have, but I love a challenge. Being in the terrible gear that I am in + not playing my shaman in months and playing with a partner that has 0 arena experience, ending with a 19-19 record in 2s gave us hope for a bright future. I was pleasantly surprised really enjoyed the experience. My partner is a dreamstate druid so our comp is probably the best for enh shamans. We played a variety of comps ranging from ret paly/war to your cookie cutter druid/war. Many of the games we lost were extremely close and, to be honest, we shouldn't have lost. I feel that if our gear was better, we would have easily won. We started at 1382 and brought it up to 1401. I know that starting low pairs us with teams of equal rating, but like I said, there were about 6 or 7 games that were so close that if I feel if we had better gear (if I didn't use a green OH and had enchants...) we would have definitely won.

I find that I have the most trouble killing paladins because of Flash of Light. I'm able to draw a bubble very early in the game, and I'm able to burst him down very low...but I have difficulty finishing them off. Spamming of flash of light is difficult to stop because earth shock cd is 6 sec. I think we're going to try and use cyclone in this situation as an interupt that's the only thing I can think of that could help. We had a really hard time against rogue teams because the rogue would lock down my partner, and since we lack in the gear department, he gets eaten alive.

I really want to try enh shaman/frost mage/resto druid in 3s. I heard that it does very well, and the only comp that gives it trouble is the dreaded RMP.

I don't know what to say about my choices of who I want to play and when. I thought that enhancement was dead, and I only wanted to play my shaman if he was going to be viable. I realize that I probably should have just transferred him over instead of rerolling...but I've made mistakes in the past. I do plan on getting my rogue to 70 because he's FUCKING 68...I enjoy the challenge of playing a class that's seen as "gimp" and "teh sux0rs". LOL I just thought of something...it's like Asians and sports: we're seen as frail, weak, and not viable in that arena. That belief, the singular belief that we aren't good enough is what drove me to prove people wrong. Well, what are we waiting for? Let's rock.

Farewell to Arms...

I am retiring my Arms War (Adynn) for now...maybe WotLK will bring a revival?

My shammy

So my druid friend has no partner to play with, and I kind of feel bad. I think I may transfer Nakah over and respec him back to enh and play resto druid/enh shammy. My priest friend told me that they have lost to resto druid/enh shaman before so I think I may try it. I am going to be doing mage/rogue with my mage friend (unless he's replaced me :P) when I hit 70 with Raelan and get geared. Transferring my shaman over will just give me a little break from the monotonous leveling (2 more levels >< which I hope to attain by this weekend) and allow me to help my friend get some points.

I just don't know if I have the money for it.

2 more levels...

what? can't you read the title?

i'm almost there, just gotta get home in 1 piece and finish it off!

call me a noob...

but I sometimes forget I have certain abilities on my rogue...this will change once I switch into real PvP mode when I hit 70 (hopefully) otherwise I'll suck lol.

clarification

shut the fuck up. 

WoW

My leveling progress has sped up a bit now that the weekend is over. I have more time to play since everyone is doing their own thing during the week. I'm still 66, but I have a shit ton of quests to knock out, so hopefully I'll be 67 by tonight, and hopefully I can get at least 1/2 to 68 tomorrow (bowling league ftl). I still need to do Durnholde so that should give me some good exp too. I started power-leveling my engineering last night when I got a headache from leveling. I'm at 202 right now, and I think I'll stop there for now and concentrate more on leveling. Although, I really do want my helm.

I feel so close to being done leveling >< I just need to find the motivation to finish strong.

:)

Anyone wanna level me quickly to 70? I'll pay :)