http://wowgrrl.com A Horde Girl's Adventures in World of Warcraft Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:35:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en World of Warcraft Client Patch 3.0.2 The latest test realm patch notes can always be found at http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/patchnotes/test-realm-patchnotes.html The latest patch notes can always be found at http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/patchnotes/ General All players will have their talent points reimbursed and will have access to new talents throughout their trees; this includes the 51-point talents. Several new ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/10/14/wow-world-of-warcraft-patch-notes-302/ I strongly believe that right now is a great time in-game to max out your crafting professions on your various toons. Everywhere I look, materials are over-abundant (at least on my realm) and because of the sheer amount of stuff floating around, the prices are more than reasonable when compared to ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/10/13/pushing-the-final-points-maxing-player-professions/ The current Friends list (and Ignore list) on WoW restrict you to 50 Friends and 50 Ignores. If you're like me, that's not enough by a long shot. You have friends who play 5 alts, and meet a few people in dungeons who you'd like to play with again, and ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/10/12/vote-for-a-bigger-friends-list/ The Zandalar Tribe is a WoW Classic reputation faction which was big when the level cap was 60. The reputation itself comes from the raid instance of Zul'Gurub, which is found in Stranglethorn Vale, northeast of Grom'Gol Base Camp. Back in its hay-day, this instance was similar to BC's Zul'Aman - littered ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/10/11/enchanter-friendly-with-zandalar-tribe/ Two nights ago, I got a chance to go into Black Temple for the very first time, and witnessed my first raid with my new guild. I went in even though I was undergeared compared to the rest, and brought my new Shadow Resist set with me. When it came ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/10/10/my-first-time-in-black-temple/ Friendship is one of the things on this game that keeps us coming back, day after day, week after week, month after month and year after year. In a game, there are many special moments you can share with your friends, but one of the most special ones I've shared with ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/10/09/sharing-the-honored-moment/ Yay! I was able to log in shortly after the game came up, and visit the Auction House and purchase my materials for around 2200g. I then advertised a few times on the Trade line linking the gear I wished to get crafted, and I got responses quite quickly! A few ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/10/08/efforts-pay-off-joining-a-new-guild/ These days on my realm, there are a billion Primals on the Auction House at any one time - Water, Air, Mana, Fire, etc etc. And they're cheap. I just bought 10 each of [item]Primal Water[/item] and [item]Primal Life[/item] for just over 10g each, and am now well-stocked for continuing to ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/10/07/gearing-up-taking-advantage-of-low-prices/ Written some time in the past... Now that my Priest is geared up for beyond Karazhan and nearly as geared as my Mage, I've returned to playing my Mage in 25-man raiding situations, and have gotten my Hunter into Gruul's and Magtheridon's Lair a few times. So far I've run 5-6 raids ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/10/06/the-joy-of-freelance-raiding/ So here we are, one month before the expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, is upon us. As usual, if you talk to people about the state of the game, if you talked to 10 different people, you'd get 10 different opinions: Some say there's no use in playing at ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/10/05/the-last-few-weeks-of-bc-raiding/ In this game, there's a wide variety of individual player skill. Skill is not necessarily reflected by gear at any level, either. It's not rare to find someone better geared performing much worse than someone lesser geared when directly compared and all other things are equal. During leveling this is pretty ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/10/03/player-gearing-vs-player-performance-level-70/ Oct 7 Edit: Note that this resume is as of September 21, 2008 and with this pre-expansion PUG-raiding-extravaganza environment, my raid healing experience, in particular, is growing in leaps and bounds. Please check the Toon Resume section, which is updated nearly daily. All of the things like reputation can ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/09/27/sept-2008-raiders-resume-mage-frost-priest-holy/ Wondering what the deal is with the Brewfest daily quest? Wondering what the loot is, and how easy it is to get? And you hear it's in the Grim Guzzler in BRD - do you have to clear ALL THE WAY THERE?? Here's a video to answer all your questions! EDIT: ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/09/26/how-to-get-the-swift-brewfest-ram-great-brewfest-kodo/ I had my Mage in a raiding guild for a few months in the winter, and had some great raiding times, and great times running Heroics with a new group of friends. But, I kind of got burned out on the guild for various reasons, so I returned to my friendly ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/09/26/applying-for-a-raiding-guild-what-to-ponder/ Solarian is an early boss in the 25-man raid instance of Tempest Keep in Netherstorm of the Burning Crusade expansion pack. A boss with Shadow on her mind, the fight is a lot of chaos but a lot of fun. If you are the bomb, get away from the raid! Taken from a ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/09/23/high-astromancer-solarian-tempest-keep-video-and-tips/ One of the many challenging fights in the 10-man raid instance of Zul'Aman, Jan'alai the Dragonhawk Avatar has lots of AOE and lots of dragonhawks ;) Avoiding the fire bubbles is the first challenge for most raiders, and controlling the hatching of the eggs, too. And like most raid boss ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/09/21/janalai-the-dragonhawk-avatar-zulaman-tips-video/ Okay. In the hidden annals of this blog, I have written an entry about joys of Freelance Raiding. Only, I feel the need to go over it again and clarify some things before I post it. Raiding Now -vs- Raiding In 6 Months Freelance Raiding works awesome right now, but in 6 ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/09/20/freelance-raider-or-raid-guild-member/ Have you ever been stuck in Azeroth, unable to get back to Outland because your hearthstone is down, and wondered if there was a way to easily get back to Outland without having to run through the Dark Portal itself? Well, there's a way. Even when your hearthstone is down, ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/09/18/how-to-ghetto-hearth/ My Frost Mage got into a great PUG the other day, and we took down all but one boss in TK and then took down two World Bosses (Kazzak and Doomwalker) before departing. Here's the Al'ar fight! http://wowgrrl.com/2008/09/17/alar-the-phoenix-god-tips-and-tricks-tempest-keep-video/ There was a time when I was vigilant about my transmutes on my various toons. Every day I would transmute a Primal of one type into a Primal of another with some end goal in mind (be it the eventual transmute of Primal Mights or other transmutes for gearing materials). Every day ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/09/16/transmute-cooldown-reminder-group-calendar/ From the perspective of a Frost Mage, this is the Karazhan fight against Terestian Illhoof and his many minions, including Kil'rek the imp. Tips and tricks are provided just in case you're still new to this fight and wanting to be prepared when you go in with your guild! http://wowgrrl.com/2008/09/15/terestian-illhoof-karazhan-raid-video-tips-and-tricks/ With two toons all epic'd out (Mage and Priest), I turned my attention to my Hunter to see what kind of upgrades I could immediately work towards as I get into Karazhan PUGs equal to her level of gearing (mid-Karazhan/Heroics). About My Hunter Right now, my hunter is a Marksman/Survivalist mix, with ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/09/14/re-gemming-and-re-enchanting-hunter-for-heroics-and-karazhan/ I have been going through Karazhan and Heroics and basic 25-man raids with my Healer who hit 70 in July 2008, and recording the fights from her perspective and with tips and tricks for healers in mind. There are still tips and tricks for other classes, as I try to cover ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/09/13/prince-malchezzar-in-karazhan-video-priest-healer/ As a healer, I've grown to love the Pally Tank in my level 70 5-man instances. While they may be difficult to heal at times because of the sheer armount of healing they need as everything in the room beats on them, I'm happy being confident that unless people ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/09/12/advancing-the-lowbie-paladin/ One of the most fun events in the entry-level raid instance of Karazhan is that of the Opera: When the event is started, one of three different boss groups will spawn, each with their own strategy. When folks were largely unfamiliar with these fights, this meant long explanations to the entire raid ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/09/11/big-bad-wolf-red-riding-hood-in-karazhan-opera-event/ My lowbie Druid is coming along these days, hitting an area of "many dungeons" in the 40s and not having many problems finding groups when I actually sit down to spend her rest bonus About My Druid My Druid is a female Tauren, spec'd completely Balance, and in her mid-40s. I've been doing ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/09/10/advancing-the-lowbie-druid-40s/ Here's a video I made after a fun PUG through Karazhan with some others who were well-geared like my Mage. It's done from the Mage's perspective, but I'm sure soon I'll have the Priest Healer's perspective up for all to see! http://wowgrrl.com/2008/09/09/maiden-of-virtue-raid-video-karazhan-mage-perspective/ Edit: This is posted during maintenance, but was written last night :) I'm going into Zul'Aman on my (undergeared) Hunter right now, with some well-geared guildmates. I've only been in ZA with my Mage, but I know there's duties I have to worry about as a Hunter in order to appear ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/09/09/zulaman-hunter-duties/ My lowbie Shaman just hit level 30 and got skills like Astral Recall (hearth with a 15 min cooldown) and the ability to self-ressurrect with the help of a reagent, the Ankh. About My Shammy Shammy is spec'd a mix of all three trees, with 5 points in speeding up my main ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/09/08/advancing-the-lowbie-shaman/ On our realm, Sunwell Portal trash runs have been very popular and many players have gained great gear and gobs of money by going into these two hour trash-fests held by the elite raiders on the realm. I haven't had a lot of time this summer to get into them and ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/09/07/sunwell-trash-runs-swp-trash-runs-video/ The Darkmoon Faire is being set up right now, in Elwynn Forest. It'll be there for a week, starting officially on Monday and packing up after the last day of festivities on Sunday. The Faire will be visited by a wide variety of players, myself included, even though it's way off in ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/09/07/the-darkmoon-faire-is-coming-to-town/ With level 70s part of the problem, unless you're in a raiding guild already, is the whole question of "what do I do now?". You know you need to upgrade your gear and make it better, but the question of "Where do I start?" comes to mind. I've got some ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/09/06/using-beimbahu-as-a-guide-to-character-advancement/ Prince Malchezzar is the Demonic Presence in Karazhan that you have to kill as part of the Karazhan quest chain that starts outside the instance. It's one of the fights where the randomness of where the firey Infernals drop that can determine whether Prince goes down or the raid wipes - ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/09/05/prince-malchezzar-raid-video-karazhan-mage-perspective/ Now that folks have been in level 70 End Game for so long, and a billion guilds are doing Kara and beyond, and many people have more than one toon epic'd out... I'm noticing there's this big gap between "epic" and "EPIC". I've gone into Kara and SSC PUGs (SSC was ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/09/04/theres-epic-and-then-theres-epic-joining-a-tk-run/ Shot from the perspective of a Frost Mage, this is a video about one of the many fun bosses in Serpentshrine Cavern, designed for a 25-person raid team. Morogrim Tidewalker is a giant like those found off the shore of Ferelas, patrolling the sea. He's got murlocs at his command, ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/09/03/morogrim-tidewalker-in-serpentshrine-cavern-raid-video/ The Chess Event in Karazhan is one of the easiest "fights" in the game. Certainly, it takes no mana, no health, no tanking, no healing, and no watching of threat. The object of the game is to take down Medivh's King, before he takes down ours. Here's a video from a recent ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/09/02/chess-event-karazhan-video-how-to-and-tips/ Champion of the Naaru is a special title that is given to players who have completed a couple of Quest chains to result in attunement for The Eye in Tempest Keep and for Serpentshrine Cavern in Coilfang Reservior. The actual NEED for attunement to enter these 25-man instances was lifted as ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/08/29/how-to-become-champion-of-the-naaru/ I've now got 3 level 70 toons that I can take to various levels of Heroics and Raids, but really don't have much "drive" to gear them up a lot more than they are. I mean, I still earn badges and spend them on new pieces of gear when that comes ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/08/27/how-geared-is-geared-enough-levelling-the-lowbies/ I decided to try to get the Darkmoon deck "of Beasts" for my Priest Healer, in order to turn it into the trinket. So, just after the Darkmoon Faire left Shattrath, I went to the Auction House. Over the course of a few days, thanks to the addons ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/08/25/getting-a-key-for-upper-blackrock-spire-ubrs/ My apologies to the Crash Test Dummies for rewording a line from their song about Peter Pumpkin Head, but it is fitting. Pumpkin Head Fits Over Helmets and Hats! I got a small stack of [item]Weighted Jack-O'-Lantern[/item] during last year's Hallow's End festivities and kept a hold of most of them with ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/08/22/hello-to-shrimproll-pumpkin-head/ My Healing Priest really hasn't done much in the way of quests all through her healzorz life. I started healing full-time for PUGs of complete strangers at about level 35 after having traded run after run with various friends of mine to get her up to that point while she was ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/08/20/soloing-hellfire-quests-as-holy-priest/ I don't know if it's the same on your realm, but on our realm, there are always bored folks hanging around the Throne of Kil'jaeden in Hellfire Peninsula, taunting Doom Lord Kazzak from where he stands up there. He shouts about how "All Mortals Will Perish", and how "The Legion will ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/08/18/doom-lord-kazzak-shouts-hellfire-peninsula/ My Healing Priest (Holy/Disc, goes on occasional raids) is my third toon to 70, and my first non-DPS character that survived past 40. According to WarcraftRealms.com, she hit level 70 on or around July 16, 2008 - exactly a month ago. Since she was my 3rd to 70, I was well-prepared for ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/08/16/healing-priest-hits-1600-healing-revered-with-thrallmar/ Wow. I know something Thottbot doesn't know. Of course, I know it just means that the people who use the Thottbot addon to help Thottbot keep their databases up-to-date, etc, haven't seen this particular "world drop" outside of where we all used to get it, but still... What's This Trinket For? The [item]Carrot on ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/08/14/mount-speed-enhancer-carrot-on-a-stick-a-world-drop/ I play regularly with a group of 10-15 people who are on and off at different times of the day and week, and recently another wave of 3-4 have hit level 70 after a long trek up on new toons after having either switched from Alliance to Horde, or having ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/08/12/group-calendar-and-mystery-tank/ This entry was inspired by someone who bought and enjoyed my guide to Wealth on Warcraft, and who posted a question about how to deal with accessing WoW from their laptop on occasion when their desktop was not available. One of my original posts about using Auctioneer but knowing it's up ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/08/09/how-to-back-up-your-auctioneer-database-to-another-machine/ Well, the battlegrounds are extra special right now, while the Olympics are going on! Check it out - you can get a Tabard with the Olympics logo on it, and if you win a round, you can get a Gold Medallion which, when used, brings out a non-combat "critter" pet that ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/08/08/how-to-get-your-olympic-tabard-olympic-pet/ Back in January I wrote an entry about getting into the Alterac Valley battlegrounds as a Horde player, and how much of a challenge winning has been seen to be by the vocal Horde population on the forums and in other discussion areas. I mentioned Preform AV Enabler there as a ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/08/07/how-to-win-alterac-valley-horde/ Heya folks! I've had some great feedback on the last couple of entries I did which were inspired by some dungeon runs on my soon-to-be-40 caster/healer Druid, and I'll certainly be writing more entries to cover some of the things people mentioned in the notes! Thanks for the comments, they're ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/08/05/druid-hits-40-gains-moonkin-dance/ Doing Pick Up Groups like I so often do to accomplish my goals, I get to see a lot of interesting player habits. And sure, every player is unique, everyone is special. But each of us who are unique and special still have a billion traits that can be "categorized" ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/07/29/are-you-a-dungeon-tourist/ Y'know what? I like knowing something that someone else wants to know but doesn't know. And while I do like to help people and share things I've learned, I like it even more when the asker COULD know what they wanted, if they did something simple, but they choose not to take ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/07/28/if-you-want-to-know-your-dps-get-a-meter/ I recently came out of my first experience of That Person Is Too Young To Be Tanking My Dungeon PUG. I mean, I've had experiences before where I knew I was dealing with a young person: The Hunter who was enamoured with Eye of the Beast, and would channel that pet-control spell ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/07/25/how-young-is-too-young-for-wow/ As someone with largely non-sneaking toons on World of Warcraft, my experiences in the PvP Battlegrounds vying for a few "easy epics" have included a lot of seeking and searching out ways to be sneaky without any sneakin' skills. Sneakily Dealing Ranged Damage The first thing I'd like to say about this ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/07/23/ways-to-be-sneaky-in-pvp-battlegrounds/ So, over a week ago I was on my 69 Priest and am just short of my monetary goals for hitting 70 with, so since I had a full level to go through yet and that'll take a few dungeon runs, I opened up /lfm and poked through the three ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/07/22/raiding-blackwing-lair/ After I finished my two-and-a-half month stint in a raiding guild that was taking on 25 man content, I created a guild of my own, and named it Silence is Golden. Initially, there were some strangers in the guild, but I paid them off well and thanked them for their charter-signing ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/07/21/life-in-a-quiet-guild-new-tabard/ Here's the first of three videos I've uploaded to help promote my guide to Wealth on Warcraft. If you haven't heard my voice, now's your chance, but I still don't have my picture in there (yet). I've got another seven videos in the series that will be uploaded over the ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/07/19/shameless-plug-wealth-on-warcraft/ Most people these days start their raiding experiences with Karazhan, and possibly even this boss, Attumen the Huntsman. However, as a Mage, I found it easy to gear up past Karazhan standards with my own Tailored gear topped up with Heroics Badge gear, and my first raiding experience in Karazhan was ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/07/18/karazhan-raid-boss-video-attumen-the-huntsman/ Weird, I actually wrote this back in June but for some reason didn't publish it... maybe I've missed something I meant to link here, or I meant to have an image that never made it... at any rate, here's the post :) AOE Farming Stratholme (undead side) I'm on a quest to ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/07/17/naxx-attunement-im-attuned-now-what/ I'm still just catching up with posting old videos that I had partially processed when I visited my family last time and was stuck on 56k or without Internet entirely when their "out in the boonies" phone service was out due to a downed line that had to be fixed. I've ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/07/16/mount-hyjal-rage-winterchill/ So, the other night, I was invited into a partial-PUG - one of my friends has brought up his second healer toon in the form of a Shaman, and has only recently hit 70 and is running regular 68+ instances for reputation and gear upgrades on his way to Heroics, ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/07/15/hunters-dont-need-salv/ I have no idea if this is going live today, but the PTR pages are still active which makes me think perhaps it's not this week (don't they shut down the PTR pages before patches go live?) But here's the deal: View patch notes in World of Warcraft PTR ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/07/15/ptr-patch-notes-243/ Another raid video processed and posted, and added to my Frost Mage's raiding resume. If you're playing in the realm of Zul'jin and need some solid DPS/CC to round out occasional raids, give me a shout, or leave me a note! http://wowgrrl.com/2008/07/14/zulaman-raid-video-akilzon-the-eagle-avatar/ Ding! Level 70. I hit 70 while running a Shadow Labs run, and I put on my 70 gear right then, because I had brought it along. After we got all the way through Slabs and downed all the bosses, I hearthed to Shattrath City and then flew to ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/07/14/healing-priest-hits-70-puts-on-7-epics-buys-epic-flyer/ Pick Up Groups are the name given to parties that form without a previous agreed-upon roster or schedule, in order to take on content that can't be handled solo at that level. I've written a lot about them here in my blog, because over the years of playing, I've come to ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/07/13/why-pug/ Yay! Another raid video I finally finished and uploaded. Here's one where we're downing Magtheridon and I'm on my Frost Mage, with cube-clicking duties. I love it when I get assigned something to do, other'n buff! http://wowgrrl.com/2008/07/12/magtheridons-lair-raiding-magtheridon/ How I love thee, Everlasting Underspore Frond. How many times have you fed my pet? How many times have you given me free food and water for my questing? How many times have you been the only mana-restorative thing I had, when all water had been depleted in an ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/07/11/ode-to-the-everlasting-underspore-frond/ Dernit. I'm getting ready to send out another series of email to my Gold Tips and Tricks list but in getting ready to do so, I think I reset things I shouldn't have with some subscribers. The result will be that some will be getting email they already got from the list ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/07/10/i-think-i-screwed-something-up/ I've got two World of Warcraft accounts. Don't ask why... I just do. Partially because I wanted to be able to Enchant my own gear - so when I set up the second account, I transferred my 70 Hunter to that account, and kept the rest of the "family" together ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/07/08/running-my-lowbies-through-instances/ Hey folks! Thanks so much for the responses to my last post, asking for information about which of my posts I should bring into the main navigations of the site! Great information, and lots for me to work from. I'm deeply greatful for the feedback :) What Have I Been ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/07/07/priest-hits-68-gets-some-season-2-pvp-gear/ Heya folks! I've been going through my blog and cleaning things up over the past few weeks - after upgrading my version of Wordpress and getting a new design a couple of months ago (thanks to my brother, yay!), I've been working with the new technology tie-ins by turning what used ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/06/25/clean-up-a-request-for-opinion/ The Midsummer Fire Festival is here! This entry is about one of the many neat things that have come along with this festival celebrating the arrival of Summer in the northern hemisphere. How To Use This Special Event To Powerlevel Your Lowbies Any level of player can use some of the magic of ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/06/24/how-to-get-a-10-experience-bonus-for-one-hour/ I haven't done this quest yet - I just got back from a wedding and am getting caught up. But, I hope to tackle this today: I've quoted this from WoWHead.com, it was written by Femaleshammy -Al'akir -eu server. Full guide of "How to" (complete Ahune the Frost Lord) -First. Go to any major ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/06/23/summer-festival-guide-to-ahune-the-frost-lord/ My Priest is a tailor, just like my Mage is, except my Priest has a Mooncloth specialty and my Mage is into Shadoweave. I haven't really spent a lot of time advancing Tailoring on my Priest since she hit 350 and spec'd for Mooncloth, but I've advanced here and there. Recipe To ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/06/20/how-to-get-tailoring-from-360-to-375/ I had a great time tonight, questing out in the Ghostlands with my father :) Dad started to play Runescape as a way to chat with my brother and myself (mainly me, I live further away and visit less often), and then recently we got him onto World of Warcraft and ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/06/19/questing-with-dad-helping-the-newbie-mage/ I just got back from a week's visit with my parents and older brother, where Brother and I did a whole bunch of business together, Mom and I caught up on the family happenings, and I helped Dad set some playing goals for the time he gets to spend on ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/06/18/gaming-with-family/ In aiming for the goal of getting my Priest to 70 and running a few heroics as healer before the expansion pack hits, I've put steady love towards levelling this toon - mainly through instance runs. This toon has been running instances for most the level up I've done from Level ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/06/17/priest-hits-65-healing-in-the-outland/ Just so you know, right off, it's quite possible to play World of Warcraft over a 56k dialup connection. You can get to level 50+ just like other new, casual players to the game. It's possible to get into battlegrounds and (while being confused like all new players are) die over and ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/06/13/world-of-warcraft-on-56k-dial-up/ After learning the game initially as a Hunter and then advancing a Mage to experience 10 and 25 man raiding for the first time, I decided it was time to stop being a DPS leech and to contribute to the delicate balance of Tanks and Healers that are the biggest ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/06/12/re-learning-the-fights-as-a-healer/ Playing on my own schedule instead of a raid guild's schedule is working out great for my creativity monster. It's easy to collect content, not so easy to get it all edited and read to go out like this. Here's a simple Raid Boss Video of my 70 Frost Mage ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/06/11/raid-boss-video-nightbane-in-karazhan/ Here's a recent raid I took part in on the realm of Zul'jin, with the guild "Hoser". I met one of their long-time raiders back in January while doing Heroics and it's great to fill in once in a while and have some fun raiding without committing my life ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/06/10/gruul-the-dragonkiller-wow-raid-video/ So, a few days ago a guildie made her return after a 4 or 5 month hiatus, and since the levelling guild we share is not one of vast changes over time, her old levelling buddies were still around and still had a handful of alts that she could party ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/06/09/learning-to-tank-druid/ Just another fun raid video with me joining the Zul'jin Horde-side raiding guild "Hoser" in clearing all of Gruul's lair, starting with High King Maulgar and his cronies. I wasn't Mage Tank in this video, but I'm sure I'll have more footage in the future where I'm doing that job. http://wowgrrl.com/2008/06/08/high-king-maulgar-wow-raid-video-gruuls-lair/ With more free time, I'm finally going through the gigs and gigs of screenshots and video footage I've taken over the past few months, and turning some of them into videos like this one. Here is my 70 Frost Mage in a 10-toon raid of Karazhan, in the Opera House, doing ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/06/07/karazhan-opera-house-wizard-of-oz-event/ My level 70 Frost Mage records some video during a Farm night one-shot of The Lurker Below in Serpentshrine Cavern. This is the guild I used to be in, it was my first "real" experience at raiding and I had a lot of fun and learned a lot. For anyone ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/06/06/lurker-tips-and-tricks-serpentshrine-cavern/ So, I've gone through my Characters listing and Realm listing and deleted a few more toons who were sitting unused on some realm I had toyed around with... On one PvP realm I had set up on since my nephews once played there, I had a level 10 warlock and a ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/06/05/donating-cash-before-deleting-characters/ Here's my Frost Mage in Zul'Aman with a solid team of 10, taking on the Bear Avatar. http://wowgrrl.com/2008/06/04/nalorakk-in-zulaman-bear-avatar-raid-video/ With the Wrath of the Lich King expansion pack looming on the horizon (some say Nov, some say Feb?), I'm getting a bunch of toons ready and leveled up to work with the onslaught of Level 55 DeathKnights that will be running around the Outland in search of dungeon parties. I ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/06/03/most-deathknights-wont-be-tanks/ World of Warcraft is a great game - I'm sure I'm preaching to the converted here... even those who have been disillusioned and left for some reason can still likely say that the game is pretty great, but some of the game's aspects or followers, perhaps, weren't. At any rate, despite ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/05/31/what-i-look-forward-to-doing/ So, here I am, back in the Casual Gamer seat that I much prefer, after a brief foray into the experience of a mid-range raiding guild (2/4 in TK, 4/6 in SSC, 1/4 in MH - thanks for the correction on how many bosses are in each ;) ). I ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/05/30/what-dailies-do-you-do/ I'm in a Guild of One, and I'm wondering how many more there are out there who are like me. If you used to be in a Guild of One but went back into a more social guild environment, how long did you stay in your Guild of One? ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/05/29/are-you-in-a-guild-of-one/ I took a bit of a hiatus from the more casual style of play in February, when I left my social levelling guild and joined a 25-man raiding guild for a while. In that time I got to experience the joy and sorrows that are part of taking on content with ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/05/20/back-from-the-raiding-guild/ Life's busy these days but whenever I have a free evening that coincides with a raid night within my guild, I sign up and bring along my extensive collection of consumables and a great attitude about doing my best no matter how many times we die or whether there's a ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/04/05/weird-terrain-glitch-in-tempest-keep-raid/ One thing my Mage does every day that I can get online is check cooldowns on the various transmutes I'm capable of doing: Can I Make [item]Shadowcloth[/item]? Can I Make [item]Spellcloth[/item]? How About [item]Primal Mooncloth[/item]? What Alchemy Transmute Shall I Do Today? As a Shadowcloth spec'd tailor, I get 2 Shadowcloth every 4 days, but ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/04/02/farming-sporeggar-rep-for-alchemy-transmute-recipe/ FISHING QUEST! Check out what I got this morning as a reward for doing the daily fishing quest: [item]Eye of the Sea[/item] - +15 stamina, unique-equipped, Bind on Equip - this thing should be able to be sold on the Auction House! The closest gem in the AH right now is a rare/blue ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/03/31/where-to-get-eye-of-the-sea/ Well, I'm sure this won't be a proper "Ode" since I'm not sure what that would be. In my world, it's just about giving reverence to something that has influenced you in some way. Blackrock Depths is a HUGE instance that, before the expansion pack hit with its extra 10 ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/03/29/ode-to-blackrock-depths/ So, the other day a friend and I exchanged dungeon runs. I took his little Rogue through a few arms of Scarlet Monestary and he took me and another of his friends through part of Blackrock Depths. At level 53 and 50 respectively between myself and the other friend receiving ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/03/27/whats-the-longest-corpse-run-back/ I've been doing a bunch of AFKing on World of Warcraft lately, while I work in another window typing something out or editting some video or still frame I had recently taken... While I've been doing my thing in the other window, occasionally interesting things happen in WoW and I come ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/03/25/things-that-i-find-entertaining/ One of the challenges a level 50 player will face is the journey they are encouraged to take from Felwood into Winterspring and Moonglade. I recently made the journey with both my Priest and my Rogue, and discovered something helpful! About The Timbermaw And The Tunnels Progressing through the tunnels that ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/03/23/getting-past-the-felwood-timbermaw-in-the-tunnels/ I didn't really mention it before, but I figured I'd go ahead and outline some guild-related changes that my characters have undergone in the past few months. Mage, Hunter, Priest Make A Move I've been raiding with a decent group since the beginning of January, and finally decided to make the official ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/03/21/re-guilded-mage-hunter-priest/ I've had some comments over the past few months that had some great questions asked, but time got away from me and I haven't answered them yet. Here's one of the more recent ones: I dont know where to find the person who sells frostwolf mounts! Can someone tell me please? - Bartil About ... http://wowgrrl.com/2008/03/20/where-to-buy-the-frostwolf-howler-alterac-valley-pvp-mount/