Saturday, May 30, 2009

New Addon: GuildTax

This addon allocates money to be placed in the guild bank. It can be controlled first by the player, but the player can allow the gmotd to control the amount. While this is a cool concept, the idea that some guilds may make something like this mandatory is upsetting. Guildmembers tend to contribute as much as they can, if they plan to at all. Again, the concept is solid, it just doesn't seem like it has a ton of uses.

I saw an addon pre-BC that helped you save up for things like your epic mount. It hid some of your money from you so you couldn't spend it until you reached your goal. I cannot remember the name of it, nor do I know if its still supported (I doubt it is with all the API changes).

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Progression

We were able to get Ignis down tonight. We should have done it a month ago, but we kept putting it off. Tanking boots dropped, Twix got them. She said they were ugly and regretted winning them.

After the few attempts it took to get Ignis, we moved on to Thorim. What a mess that was. I knew I'd be in the arena team, but the dps couldn't wrap their head around moving into Twix/my AoE to stay alive. So, we wiped many, many times and the gauntlet team didn't make it to the second boss.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

25 man Naxx

So I don't know how I feel about the way we've been doing Naxx25 recently. We aren't using the DKP we've accumulated for months, unless its a highly sought item. We're using free rolls, main spec first, offspec second. That's all fine and good, but I've been dpsing pretty much entirely when we go, but still have to roll as dps gear being my offspec. It gets frustrating when there's only a couple things left that I could use, but I can't get them because someone who never DPSs in a raid can roll as offspec and get it. Since dual spec was implemented, I dps and tank pretty evenly. Ulduar 10 man, I find myself in either role pretty often. Ulduar 25, I usualy tank, but there's a couple fights where I get away with dps, or a set of gear that's a hybrid.

I don't know if I really have room to bitch, but its my blog, dammit! I was able to replace my leather gloves last night, and added the extra socket through Blacksmithing, which I hadn't done to the leather since I knew I would be trying to replace them. The run wasn't a waste, but I really was hoping we'd get KT down so we could see about getting some 1h or 2h weapons that were useful. Since they announced they wanted to fix DW for DKs, I'm now working on getting some 1h weapons for that time, while at the same time I want to get my hands on a good 2h for either dps or tanking, so I can have two different runes on my weapons, and change my frost spec to accomodate until the DW fix. Right now, its all a pipe dream...

Monday, May 25, 2009

Considering a change of format

Posting on the goings-on of my life will not make a very interesting, or updatable blog. So I'm considering writing about my gaming findings, mostly WoW, but PS3 updates as well. I do a lot of addon sniffing, which gives me something to write about and keep my time occupied when I can't play any games.