Hello,
Nice to meet you, you must be our tank for this instance. I apologize but I am going to click on you and invade your privacy for just a moment. Do not worry it won't hurt.
I see. You are wearing leather pants, and a cloth shirt. That is a very nice two handed axe you have there, where is your shield?
I see your talent points have nothing to do with tanking, but that is okay we can just Brute Force It. That is a favourite phrase of mine lately, we'll just Brute Force It.
Did you know you are not supposed to follow everyone around and do minor damage but actually HOLD OFF ALL THE ANGRY MONSTERS? Just a tip.
And how are you our nice Sword DPS! I that you and or your pet LOVES to pull mobs all by your very own self! How proud of you I am! Oh look, the damage seems too high for you to handle, perhaps I shall Let You Take One For The Team.
Oh yes I could cast a shield on you, or taunt the mob off you but since you are so good at solo-ing dungeons I shall sit back with my Popcorn and watch you fight for your life. Oh yes the mobs will come after the rest of us after you have died but that is nothing this Paladin can not handle. I shall take over after I finish replenishing my blue mana bar. It is a good thing to be attacking the SAME thing as the tank at the very least.
Oh, and Healer, how are you? You doing good? See the person with the Shield on their name, they will be taking a lot of damage so make sure To Cast Healing Spells on them! Do you even have them on your action bars? Yes, please use them. Do not worry about spamming them since I will stop if you need mana, I know we are not 80 with unlimited mana regeneration yet.
Dear Mr/Ms Afk For A Bit I Will Just Go on Follow. I will make sure you die every single time and not get a resurrection even at the cost of my own life. No one came here to share 20-ish percent of their experience because even though you were willing to wait in Dungeon Finder for 15 minutes but then became too busy right when the dungeon starts.
True story with a person who decided to go take a LONG smoke (they were tank) as Uldaman began. We waited for 5 minutes, and Truby though "Screw it" and we cleared half the instance by the time they came back. I believe they left halfway through anyways.
Yes, most people are Dual Specced are will GLADLY take over your role.
Bye,
Kluptomania
Showing posts with label Dungeons. Show all posts
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Monday, December 21, 2009
Priesty Pally Progress
Husbrus the Priest. My 10th toon on my main account, grossly underused.
I had manually levelled her up to 16 and started questing ALL the quests in The Barrens with a friend. It was quite enjoyable duo-ing these quests and travelling the dry and barren land that is The Barrens.
We killed and killed and occasionally queued in LFG (both as a healer) and BAM BAM we did some RFC, Shadowfang Keep and OH MY GOD Wailing Caverns.
I healed each time as a Shadow Priest.
I'd have to say Power Word: Shield is my best friend. And learning Flash Heal at level 18 (I think) is a godsend. Healing at low levels is a real mana drain! Well, anything is a mana drain when I'm used to having Life Tap or Unlimited Resto Druid Mana.
I might just respec Husbrus the Priest to Holy/Discipline and heal my way through to 80 since Shadow DPS doesn't feel like my cup of tea at the moment.
Mind Blast, Dot'em Up, Purple Laser. It didn't feel very impactful or painful. We'll see. I will probably avoid my Priest for a bit unless I'm bored. At least she got up to level 23!
Truby the Paladin: Tanker and Retlol'er
Oh Paladin! I made a Paladin JUST so that I could see what all those weird and wacky shiny abilities they used were called and what they did!
Truby Ret DPS and Ret Tanked her way to level 40 and ran to her Trainer to receive Dual Specialization and became a Tank again. (She was Prot, but it was too slow, then changed to Ret...then patch 3.3 came and tanking=groups)
Ret DPS is ....pretty strong for this level consitently pulling 200 dps just by spamming buttons and relying on consecrate. Seal of Command does the rest.
And yes, those are the only abilities I understand and or remember the name to.
If I wanted that 50% reduction shield I know its "9" on my key bindings but I am not sure what its called. Also I can't find my Pally Bubble, what is THAT skill called? Do I even HAVE it? I remember using it once....and it was NOT called Pally Bubble! I can't find it anymore!
What's with all our Hands? And laying hands on friend and foe alike? Jeez!
And all those Seals and Judgements!
Anyways, lost track of things again!
Right, Protection Tanking! Is it wrong to not die after pulling a dozen mobs while the rest of the party is down the hall chatting and drinking up? I think I only took damage all day when I was thrown into Maraudon: Orange Crystals where the mobs were three to four levels higher than me!
There's actually more stuff to do as a Pally Tank. First you put down your Consecrate, then make sure your Holy Shield is always active and you judge as you please! Eight more levels and I can throw my shield to pull too! THIS compared to Feral Druid tanking: Mangle, Maul, Swipe, Barkskin if too much damage. However I do miss Swipe-Spam.
Perhaps I've just never felt so unkillable at a low level but its fun!
Will update more once I get to 50 and throw my shield at things randomly!
I had manually levelled her up to 16 and started questing ALL the quests in The Barrens with a friend. It was quite enjoyable duo-ing these quests and travelling the dry and barren land that is The Barrens.
We killed and killed and occasionally queued in LFG (both as a healer) and BAM BAM we did some RFC, Shadowfang Keep and OH MY GOD Wailing Caverns.
I healed each time as a Shadow Priest.
I'd have to say Power Word: Shield is my best friend. And learning Flash Heal at level 18 (I think) is a godsend. Healing at low levels is a real mana drain! Well, anything is a mana drain when I'm used to having Life Tap or Unlimited Resto Druid Mana.
I might just respec Husbrus the Priest to Holy/Discipline and heal my way through to 80 since Shadow DPS doesn't feel like my cup of tea at the moment.
Mind Blast, Dot'em Up, Purple Laser. It didn't feel very impactful or painful. We'll see. I will probably avoid my Priest for a bit unless I'm bored. At least she got up to level 23!
Truby the Paladin: Tanker and Retlol'er
Oh Paladin! I made a Paladin JUST so that I could see what all those weird and wacky shiny abilities they used were called and what they did!
Truby Ret DPS and Ret Tanked her way to level 40 and ran to her Trainer to receive Dual Specialization and became a Tank again. (She was Prot, but it was too slow, then changed to Ret...then patch 3.3 came and tanking=groups)
Ret DPS is ....pretty strong for this level consitently pulling 200 dps just by spamming buttons and relying on consecrate. Seal of Command does the rest.
And yes, those are the only abilities I understand and or remember the name to.
If I wanted that 50% reduction shield I know its "9" on my key bindings but I am not sure what its called. Also I can't find my Pally Bubble, what is THAT skill called? Do I even HAVE it? I remember using it once....and it was NOT called Pally Bubble! I can't find it anymore!
What's with all our Hands? And laying hands on friend and foe alike? Jeez!
And all those Seals and Judgements!
Anyways, lost track of things again!
Right, Protection Tanking! Is it wrong to not die after pulling a dozen mobs while the rest of the party is down the hall chatting and drinking up? I think I only took damage all day when I was thrown into Maraudon: Orange Crystals where the mobs were three to four levels higher than me!
There's actually more stuff to do as a Pally Tank. First you put down your Consecrate, then make sure your Holy Shield is always active and you judge as you please! Eight more levels and I can throw my shield to pull too! THIS compared to Feral Druid tanking: Mangle, Maul, Swipe, Barkskin if too much damage. However I do miss Swipe-Spam.
Perhaps I've just never felt so unkillable at a low level but its fun!
Will update more once I get to 50 and throw my shield at things randomly!
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Krick and Ick
I love this boss.
The key to success is mobility, something that I've learned to use on all my mains.
Let's see what his ingredients are comprised of:
Poison Splotches: Stay out of them or I do not heal you!
Poison Nova: Run away, you are not immortal!
Pursuit: Run away, he will SQUISH you!
Arcane Bombs: I find this part very amusing! Keep moving, and pre-plan where you are going to run to next!
It's one thing to know how to avoid all of the things I listed, but the important part is to continue to excel at your role while avoiding all of those things.
Poison Pools? Sidestep and continue. Heck you can pre-sidestep when you see it flying towards you.
Poison Nova? I dunno I'm not melee. Run away there's plenty of time to do so!
Pursuited? On my hunter I can continue to shoot him by using my mouse to turn myself around as I jump. Learned via PVP. On my Warlock I would pre-set a Summoning Circle and throw on some DoTs. As a Tree, I'm always moving anyways so it doesn't matter!
Arcane Bombs? Same deal, the hunter can continue to use his insta-casts. Warlocks can actually do a quick cast before the bombs bloom fully so I'd move cast, move, cast, etc.
Most people avoid all the damage but they fail to perform any extra action while doing so.
AND this is the first boss after Heroic Ingvar the Plunderer to drop a Crossbow! (Pics to come!)
The key to success is mobility, something that I've learned to use on all my mains.
Let's see what his ingredients are comprised of:
Poison Splotches: Stay out of them or I do not heal you!
Poison Nova: Run away, you are not immortal!
Pursuit: Run away, he will SQUISH you!
Arcane Bombs: I find this part very amusing! Keep moving, and pre-plan where you are going to run to next!
It's one thing to know how to avoid all of the things I listed, but the important part is to continue to excel at your role while avoiding all of those things.
Poison Pools? Sidestep and continue. Heck you can pre-sidestep when you see it flying towards you.
Poison Nova? I dunno I'm not melee. Run away there's plenty of time to do so!
Pursuited? On my hunter I can continue to shoot him by using my mouse to turn myself around as I jump. Learned via PVP. On my Warlock I would pre-set a Summoning Circle and throw on some DoTs. As a Tree, I'm always moving anyways so it doesn't matter!
Arcane Bombs? Same deal, the hunter can continue to use his insta-casts. Warlocks can actually do a quick cast before the bombs bloom fully so I'd move cast, move, cast, etc.
Most people avoid all the damage but they fail to perform any extra action while doing so.
AND this is the first boss after Heroic Ingvar the Plunderer to drop a Crossbow! (Pics to come!)
Monday, August 24, 2009
Turny the Restless Tree on Loot Drama
Turny grew up in dungeons. No, not IN a dungeon, but running them. Turny grew up real fast, and he had to. There are a lot of crazy people hanging out in the low-levels wreaking havoc and ninja'ing everything that looked shiny!
Razorfen Kraul was Turny's err..turning point. Being a teddy bear tank up until level 28-ish, the current situation on his server was that there was a healer shortage in that level range. Ok, let us heal in feral mode. It does not matter really, just get some healing gear and roll!
Fast-forward 25 levels. Turny is now running Blackrock Depths over and over and over. It was fun and the drops were great which is a bonus!
This one run, the last DPS spot went to a hunter (uh oh), who apparently has returned to the game after a long duration and blah blah blah. Whatever.
Oh, this was one of those melee hunters by the way. Yeah, where the pet just sits unsummoned.
For the first wave of mobs in the Arena ring, Kang the Decapitator drops and everyone rolled Greed on it. Well, all but one of us. 3...2.....1.... hunter rolls Need.
(On the actual boss, this dropped but he did not roll for it....o.O)
Hmm...weird. This axe has NO useful stats, and the effect only procs when you melee...which is a no no right? Maybe he pushed the wrong button. And since the item is BOE, maybe we could have re-rolled and someone could sell it off.
He equips it.
And begins to hit things with it.
Dot dot dot.
"You know, that has no useful stats for a Hunter..." we said.
"Sorry, I just got overwhelmed when I saw it" was their response. *Continues to melee*
*Silence*
Ok fine, not very dramatic, since no one else really cared.
Moral of the story: Loot doesn't matter. If you get it, who cares. If you don't get it, who cares. (Unless it is a huge upgrade, in that case, said item should only be a small upgrade as your large gap in gear levels may make you a detrimental part of the group.) It makes no difference!
Turny Rejects
Razorfen Kraul was Turny's err..turning point. Being a teddy bear tank up until level 28-ish, the current situation on his server was that there was a healer shortage in that level range. Ok, let us heal in feral mode. It does not matter really, just get some healing gear and roll!
Fast-forward 25 levels. Turny is now running Blackrock Depths over and over and over. It was fun and the drops were great which is a bonus!
This one run, the last DPS spot went to a hunter (uh oh), who apparently has returned to the game after a long duration and blah blah blah. Whatever.
Oh, this was one of those melee hunters by the way. Yeah, where the pet just sits unsummoned.
For the first wave of mobs in the Arena ring, Kang the Decapitator drops and everyone rolled Greed on it. Well, all but one of us. 3...2.....1.... hunter rolls Need.
(On the actual boss, this dropped but he did not roll for it....o.O)
Hmm...weird. This axe has NO useful stats, and the effect only procs when you melee...which is a no no right? Maybe he pushed the wrong button. And since the item is BOE, maybe we could have re-rolled and someone could sell it off.
He equips it.
And begins to hit things with it.
Dot dot dot.
"You know, that has no useful stats for a Hunter..." we said.
"Sorry, I just got overwhelmed when I saw it" was their response. *Continues to melee*
*Silence*
Ok fine, not very dramatic, since no one else really cared.
Moral of the story: Loot doesn't matter. If you get it, who cares. If you don't get it, who cares. (Unless it is a huge upgrade, in that case, said item should only be a small upgrade as your large gap in gear levels may make you a detrimental part of the group.) It makes no difference!
Turny Rejects
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
A Commentary on Dungeons - Part 1
Ahh, the instances of WoW. Places for us to adventure with with a group of friends (or idiots), to hone our skills, and *omg* socialize and communicate with others!
Do you have a favourite dungeon? Or hate one so badly for whatever reason?
Ok let's get started. Turby is now going attempt at giving his $0.02 for ALL of the 5-man dungeons in the damn game save for one (Acatraz /shakefist key), from the lowest level to the highest.
Ragefire Chasm
Who would have known? Underneath our peaceful home city is a fiery burning pit of evil fillled with troggs and demons? The first time Turby strayed into there as a level 15 Huntard his first thought was "holy fuck they have 800 HP!"
This dungeon however, is a great place to go practice the basic five-person composition, though at such low levels most of us do not have the tools to play their role effectively but then again..who cares? The pulls are a good size, and pats and random aggro are a go here!
Wailing Caverns
Who else fucking hates this place? I do. The caves and twists are sooo annoying! This is when we ask "if maps were implemented for Northrend dungeons, WHY NOT HERE??" The fact that you have to kill four dudes and triggering an event was pretty cool but this place is just a lot of walking! And why can't our druids turn into friggin' snakes??
The Deadmines
An awesome pirate ship and an NPC boss called Cookie? What more can you ask for?
Shadowfang Keep
My favourite dungeon of all time! I am not sure what it is about this place, but it just feels so...real. Maybe it is the integration of the outdoor court with the indoor halls and all the stairs and such that make it that good! It gives the level a real "3-D" feel..yes kind of weird in a 3-D game but unlike most instances that are just a giant sprawl of land, SFK is actually...dimensional. Perhaps it is the can't-escape-from-this-haunted-house feel, just the overall design of this instance that makes running it over and over and over and over again actually enjoyable. Or maybe because you can murder innocent horses.
Blackfathom Deeps
I had discovered this instance by accident at level 20 whatever. If it were not for some guard at the crossroads who told me to go to some post in Ashenvale that led me to another guard that told me to head towards the water on the west side, I would not have even thought that an instance would be located here. I remember how the nagas outside of the instance were chain-aggro pros. Who knew death-mermaids had such good vision?? One notable point within the dungeon was that...wow there is a part where we have to swim! I fuckin' hate swimming! It's slow! Turny was fine, he could turn into an ugly seal/walrus thing while Truny could Unending Breath herself. Turby on the other hand was...SLOW!
Stormwind Stockades
What the hell? I risk my life running through this confusing city to get to this dungeon and there is no loot at the end of the rainbow?! Whatever, free achievement. Hearthing.
Razorfen Kraul
It was here where Truny decided he would spend the rest of his days as a Resto Druid as it was near impossible to find a healer and he ended up healing in a feral spec (which worked fine at that level). Good loot, but nothing special.
Gnomeregan
Another one of those "oh crap this is one of those dungeon things isn't it" moments comes to mind. So Turby's engineering trainer (yes he was Eng for a bit) told him to sail over to Booty Bay and teleport to this amazing place full of gnomes and technology. "Sure, why not?" as I enter the teleporter and get killed by some crazy trogg. Hmm..the part where an entire wing of the instance aggros you randomly and you have to AOE like no tomorrow is always fun! The last boss fight felt pretty epic, perhaps due to the HUGE room that he sits in!
Scarlet Monastery: Graveyard
Not combining all four into one. I have one word for Graveyard: "What the f-, we're done?"
Razorfen Downs
More piggies and OMFG there's an awesome LICH as the end boss, again what more do you need?
Scarlet Monastery: Armory
A large courtyard full of mobs, and a long windy hall to the end boss packed with mobs. Free exp anyone? Herod's axe is also the only weapon in game that can make anyone who can wield an axe spin! (Is this still true?) You can also poke his butt when he jumps....
Scarlety Monastery: Cathedral
Have a lowbie friend that needs quick exp? This is the place to do it. Fast access to about a gazillion mobs makes for exp bars jumping three..four bars in one shot. The lady boss has THE MOST OP sleep spell in the game and the pally bubble that her friend does is again, super annoying!! The loot here is quite limited however so they can just rot for that.
Uldaman
Uldaman is fun. Yes, one can simply get lost in its twisted caverns for days but the amount of things you see in there is worth the time. Here we are introduced to golems and more dwarves, and some titan's daughter. Opening that door to summon her is so epic!
Zul'Farrak
Ahh finally the trolls take the spotlight and ZF was a great way to show off how fun it is to kill trolls! The first time doing the stair event was quite daunting like "OMFG we're gonna die!", and also there's a freakin' GODZILLA in here!
The rest later!
Do you have a favourite dungeon? Or hate one so badly for whatever reason?
Ok let's get started. Turby is now going attempt at giving his $0.02 for ALL of the 5-man dungeons in the damn game save for one (Acatraz /shakefist key), from the lowest level to the highest.
Ragefire Chasm
Who would have known? Underneath our peaceful home city is a fiery burning pit of evil fillled with troggs and demons? The first time Turby strayed into there as a level 15 Huntard his first thought was "holy fuck they have 800 HP!"
This dungeon however, is a great place to go practice the basic five-person composition, though at such low levels most of us do not have the tools to play their role effectively but then again..who cares? The pulls are a good size, and pats and random aggro are a go here!
Wailing Caverns
Who else fucking hates this place? I do. The caves and twists are sooo annoying! This is when we ask "if maps were implemented for Northrend dungeons, WHY NOT HERE??" The fact that you have to kill four dudes and triggering an event was pretty cool but this place is just a lot of walking! And why can't our druids turn into friggin' snakes??
The Deadmines
An awesome pirate ship and an NPC boss called Cookie? What more can you ask for?
Shadowfang Keep
My favourite dungeon of all time! I am not sure what it is about this place, but it just feels so...real. Maybe it is the integration of the outdoor court with the indoor halls and all the stairs and such that make it that good! It gives the level a real "3-D" feel..yes kind of weird in a 3-D game but unlike most instances that are just a giant sprawl of land, SFK is actually...dimensional. Perhaps it is the can't-escape-from-this-haunted-house feel, just the overall design of this instance that makes running it over and over and over and over again actually enjoyable. Or maybe because you can murder innocent horses.
Blackfathom Deeps
I had discovered this instance by accident at level 20 whatever. If it were not for some guard at the crossroads who told me to go to some post in Ashenvale that led me to another guard that told me to head towards the water on the west side, I would not have even thought that an instance would be located here. I remember how the nagas outside of the instance were chain-aggro pros. Who knew death-mermaids had such good vision?? One notable point within the dungeon was that...wow there is a part where we have to swim! I fuckin' hate swimming! It's slow! Turny was fine, he could turn into an ugly seal/walrus thing while Truny could Unending Breath herself. Turby on the other hand was...SLOW!
Stormwind Stockades
What the hell? I risk my life running through this confusing city to get to this dungeon and there is no loot at the end of the rainbow?! Whatever, free achievement. Hearthing.
Razorfen Kraul
It was here where Truny decided he would spend the rest of his days as a Resto Druid as it was near impossible to find a healer and he ended up healing in a feral spec (which worked fine at that level). Good loot, but nothing special.
Gnomeregan
Another one of those "oh crap this is one of those dungeon things isn't it" moments comes to mind. So Turby's engineering trainer (yes he was Eng for a bit) told him to sail over to Booty Bay and teleport to this amazing place full of gnomes and technology. "Sure, why not?" as I enter the teleporter and get killed by some crazy trogg. Hmm..the part where an entire wing of the instance aggros you randomly and you have to AOE like no tomorrow is always fun! The last boss fight felt pretty epic, perhaps due to the HUGE room that he sits in!
Scarlet Monastery: Graveyard
Not combining all four into one. I have one word for Graveyard: "What the f-, we're done?"
Razorfen Downs
More piggies and OMFG there's an awesome LICH as the end boss, again what more do you need?
Scarlet Monastery: Armory
A large courtyard full of mobs, and a long windy hall to the end boss packed with mobs. Free exp anyone? Herod's axe is also the only weapon in game that can make anyone who can wield an axe spin! (Is this still true?) You can also poke his butt when he jumps....
Scarlety Monastery: Cathedral
Have a lowbie friend that needs quick exp? This is the place to do it. Fast access to about a gazillion mobs makes for exp bars jumping three..four bars in one shot. The lady boss has THE MOST OP sleep spell in the game and the pally bubble that her friend does is again, super annoying!! The loot here is quite limited however so they can just rot for that.
Uldaman
Uldaman is fun. Yes, one can simply get lost in its twisted caverns for days but the amount of things you see in there is worth the time. Here we are introduced to golems and more dwarves, and some titan's daughter. Opening that door to summon her is so epic!
Zul'Farrak
Ahh finally the trolls take the spotlight and ZF was a great way to show off how fun it is to kill trolls! The first time doing the stair event was quite daunting like "OMFG we're gonna die!", and also there's a freakin' GODZILLA in here!
The rest later!
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