If this Netherdrake was a mount it would be awesome and VERY BIG! Freed Karynaku from Dragonmaw Fortress in Shadowmoon Valley to complete the Netherwing quest in a group quest. You then get to ride on her back to the Netherwing Fields to see Mordenai where the quest originally started. I picked up the Netherwing Defender Shield. In retrospect I probably should have picked up the other shield the Netherwing Protectors Shield for more mitigation. Now Neutral with the Netherwing Faction.
Monday, October 8, 2007
Screenshots - Riding Karynaku/Netherwing Quest
If this Netherdrake was a mount it would be awesome and VERY BIG! Freed Karynaku from Dragonmaw Fortress in Shadowmoon Valley to complete the Netherwing quest in a group quest. You then get to ride on her back to the Netherwing Fields to see Mordenai where the quest originally started. I picked up the Netherwing Defender Shield. In retrospect I probably should have picked up the other shield the Netherwing Protectors Shield for more mitigation. Now Neutral with the Netherwing Faction.
Saturday, October 6, 2007
Blog Poll: Paladin Epic Mount?
Added a first ever poll survey to the site: Should Paladins have their own class Epic Flying Mount. Previous blog post. It would be nice if Paladins had their own Flying Mount. However in the next expansion for "Wrath of the Lich King" Blizzard could for Paladin class make a way where we could get our own unique class Flying Mount or Epic Flying Mount through a Quest just like the Epic lvl 60 land mount. Let me know what you think through the survey as I myself will not be participating in it. The survey ends 11/06/07.
PuG Tales - Botanica
What a difference a good group makes. It sure was a lot different than my last PuG attempt to venture into Botanica (See below). Anyway the run was oh so smooth. One shot all the Bosses including Warp Splinter himself. I tanked him in the middle right where he stood and had his back facing the rest of group who were positioned together on the grass a bit off the bridge as you see in map. The druid helped tanked him also as well as the hunter pet. This fight seem to go pretty long. The adds that spawned were mostly CC when I consecrated as I saw them spawn. Yes I also threw Gift of Arthas on him for every bit of difference it made over time and I'm sure it did.
Only person died during the entire run was the Warlock a few times. Otherwise it was a clean run and everyone did what they were suppose to do. Its just nice to run with a good group and the healer was awesome! Unfortunately I didn't get any Tank loot. I did win a Primal Nether and picked up a blue cape no one wanted to vendor as well as all the trash loot to pay for my repairs (2.5g) and they did cover it. Also got lots of needed reputation points which is much needed so 9k will make me Exaulted. And for all that Galo made his some more friends!
Friday, October 5, 2007
PuG Tales - Do Your Job & I'll Do Mine!
When a Tank and a Healer is not getting along that Instance run aren't gonna happen as you want it to. When you have enough time to tell someone else how to do their job, it makes me wonder just what the hell are you doing. Yesterday a Hunter I spoke to before asked me to Tank for his Botanica run. Hey great, never been to Botanica before and I have a heck of a lot of Shattar Reps I need to get. Sure no problem. I was in Netherstorm questing anyway so I was close by.
So the first thing I heard him said after joining the party was "I really don't know how to heal" in party chat. Maybe he was joking or maybe not, but being the tank I'm all too conscious of any healer saying that joke or not. Anyway the group was me as Paladin Tank, 2 Hunters, a Rogue, and a Healer (Holy Paladin). So I'm a bit neutral in my thoughts giving benefit of doubt. Only person been to Botanica before was the Hunter that invited me the day before.
This one healer seem to keep telling everyone what to do as if how to play their class. At first I barely paid it notice. As the tank I have enough things to worry about and doing my job tanking. I saw the text log when the Hunter told the healer "Don't tell me how to play my class" It was amuzing! But I'm too busy doing my job to focus on that. Then healer proceeded to tell me. "Nooo don't throw the Shield". What?? Then he keeps telling me how to do my job. Wait a min. I'm tanking and your healing, who's the damn tank here. We made it to the first boss Commander Sarannis. We almost wipped a few times getting there also. However we down the boss. I constantly had to cleanse myself (Decursive) and others vs the healer cleansing me or anyone else. We start making way beyond that to 2nd bosss to all the plant mobs and such. We get a nasty pull along the way after the big open area. Lots of mobs and I'm getting hit and notice barely getting healed. Thought, maybe late on heals from healer.
Tank dies.....we all wipe right after and rezz at graveyard back on land. In this time this healer (Holy Paladin) proceed to tell me how I should of tank and that I could of used one of my bubbles so I could heal up. Huh! I was like wtf? Dude your the healer, I'm not gonna bubble in middle of a fight in a Instance its your job to heal. I barely have mana as it is. And even if I could of use LoH its on cooldown since I was questing before the Instance in Netherstorm and its one time use to 60 min cooldown. He again kept telling me WHAT I should of done, HOW I should of done it and WHAT I could of done.
I don't normally like to call people Idiots. But now I realize a IDIOT when I see and hear one. Immediately I quit right there in graveyard, left the group and put this Idiot Holy Paladin healer on ignore list. I /w to apologize to the rest of the group as I was flying back to Area 52 and that I had to leave the group because that guy was a total Idiot. Its unfortunate it was a Holy Paladin but this guy was being a Idiot and in no way was I going to go back into Botanica and try to complete the run. If a Tank can't trust the healer to heal its not worth it even if I needed the Instance run. When someone got enough time to try and tell you how to do your job when your busy doing yours, they aren't doing their job. Fortunately I knew few of his guild mate before from a few PuG instance runs. He's a new guy in their guild and aren't gonna last long if he keeps that up.
So the first thing I heard him said after joining the party was "I really don't know how to heal" in party chat. Maybe he was joking or maybe not, but being the tank I'm all too conscious of any healer saying that joke or not. Anyway the group was me as Paladin Tank, 2 Hunters, a Rogue, and a Healer (Holy Paladin). So I'm a bit neutral in my thoughts giving benefit of doubt. Only person been to Botanica before was the Hunter that invited me the day before.
This one healer seem to keep telling everyone what to do as if how to play their class. At first I barely paid it notice. As the tank I have enough things to worry about and doing my job tanking. I saw the text log when the Hunter told the healer "Don't tell me how to play my class" It was amuzing! But I'm too busy doing my job to focus on that. Then healer proceeded to tell me. "Nooo don't throw the Shield". What?? Then he keeps telling me how to do my job. Wait a min. I'm tanking and your healing, who's the damn tank here. We made it to the first boss Commander Sarannis. We almost wipped a few times getting there also. However we down the boss. I constantly had to cleanse myself (Decursive) and others vs the healer cleansing me or anyone else. We start making way beyond that to 2nd bosss to all the plant mobs and such. We get a nasty pull along the way after the big open area. Lots of mobs and I'm getting hit and notice barely getting healed. Thought, maybe late on heals from healer.
Tank dies.....we all wipe right after and rezz at graveyard back on land. In this time this healer (Holy Paladin) proceed to tell me how I should of tank and that I could of used one of my bubbles so I could heal up. Huh! I was like wtf? Dude your the healer, I'm not gonna bubble in middle of a fight in a Instance its your job to heal. I barely have mana as it is. And even if I could of use LoH its on cooldown since I was questing before the Instance in Netherstorm and its one time use to 60 min cooldown. He again kept telling me WHAT I should of done, HOW I should of done it and WHAT I could of done.
I don't normally like to call people Idiots. But now I realize a IDIOT when I see and hear one. Immediately I quit right there in graveyard, left the group and put this Idiot Holy Paladin healer on ignore list. I /w to apologize to the rest of the group as I was flying back to Area 52 and that I had to leave the group because that guy was a total Idiot. Its unfortunate it was a Holy Paladin but this guy was being a Idiot and in no way was I going to go back into Botanica and try to complete the run. If a Tank can't trust the healer to heal its not worth it even if I needed the Instance run. When someone got enough time to try and tell you how to do your job when your busy doing yours, they aren't doing their job. Fortunately I knew few of his guild mate before from a few PuG instance runs. He's a new guy in their guild and aren't gonna last long if he keeps that up.
Moving on to Guildless
A few days ago after some thinking decided to move on with Galo and go guildless for the time been. Sometimes you just have to do what you have to do and move on for your own sake. My guild is really casual, got lots of nice people but the fact is very few people are ever logged on and only about 4 people were at 70 and never on as much either. Several are in their 60's but for the most part not many people are every on much these days like they used to. Galo was probably the most active person in the guild as far as making the daily effort to do something with his character and progress forward.
Much of my time is always spent in LFG and all my Instance runs are all PuG's so it already had the feeling of being guildless in some way always doing pickup groups. So I just decided to make a decision and move on! What ever happens going forward I can live with it and Galo will be fine. Maybe in time I find a guild more to my suiting but for now I'll just enjoy the freedom of been guildless and building up my tanking resume doing PuG's. At least I've made some friends doing PuG's.
Much of my time is always spent in LFG and all my Instance runs are all PuG's so it already had the feeling of being guildless in some way always doing pickup groups. So I just decided to make a decision and move on! What ever happens going forward I can live with it and Galo will be fine. Maybe in time I find a guild more to my suiting but for now I'll just enjoy the freedom of been guildless and building up my tanking resume doing PuG's. At least I've made some friends doing PuG's.
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