Monthly Archives: September 2016

WoW: Decisions, Decisions

I’ve spent my last three workdays in mandatory training classes taught by an instructor who I suspect to be a malevolent insect wearing an poorly-fitting skin suit. It has not been a good time, for me or – presumably – … Continue reading

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WoW: I See Dead People

Got to level 77 tonight, running a few new instances along the way. I think stuff is starting to have frontal AEs (“Cleaves” I think is the vernacular), because we’ll be zipping along through a dungeon with no worries and … Continue reading

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If it’s Monday, it must be Northrend?

My whirlwind tour of WoW’s old expansions continues, with another batch of Wrath of the Lich King dungeons finished and a couple of ancillary achievements knocked out.  Dungeon experience is notably a little sluggish where I’m at right now, but … Continue reading

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WoW: Tanks Are Morons Edition

OK, not ALL tanks. Had a couple of groups in a row where the yahoo pulling the dungeon appeared to have no concept of casting times, heal ranges, or line-of-sight issues.   Made it through both eventually anyway, though at least … Continue reading

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WoW: Level 60, Time For Raids!

So, I had planned to try out WoW’s LFR tool to see if anyone still ran the old classic raids. It turns out that, well, even if anyone DOES still run these at level, the LFR tool isn’t available until … Continue reading

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WoW: Expansion Time!

Getting levels 55 through 58 by running classic WoW dungeons was, well, it was a little dull if I’m honest.  It was pretty much the same pair of dungeons and the groups I was in had the sort of attitude … Continue reading

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Ultimate Pony Merch

If there was ever any doubt that Hasbro has fully embraced their unexpected market of full-grown men who love the ponies, this should put it to rest: The “Nightmare Night” version of Derpy the Pony Who Shall Not Be Named.  … Continue reading

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WoW: Day Five

Not quite the same grind fest today, being a work night, but I managed to get up to level 54 and knock out a couple more dungeons: Both of these looked pretty cool.  WoW’s environmental graphics are starting to grow … Continue reading

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WoW: Day Four and a good day in EQ2.

Actually ended the day at level 52.  Dungeon XP seemed to kind of slow down in the low 40s but kicked up again with a vengeance once I started getting dropped into Stratholme dungeons – there’s a ton of stuff … Continue reading

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WoW: Day Three

So Day One of WoW was getting a new character up to level 15 so I could run instanced dungeons, Day Two was spent burning through dungeon after dungeon and getting a handle on How To Heal And How To … Continue reading

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