Bear Snot

Ok, so, it's official. I'm sick. :( Apparently, I'm usually sick this time of year too...that's what my doctor said as she reviewed my records. Bleh.

I had looked for a picture of a bear with a big 'ole glob of snot hanging out his nose to post here...I kinda thought it would be funny and gross all mixed up together but, apparently, bears in the wild don't get sick. FB points for anyone who can find it though!

Anyway, gonna go lay down for a while and, hopefully, nap. Y'all (I'm southern, I can say that) will just have to wait for my Leo post. I'll try to get it written in the next several days.

Fathom-Lord Karathress Fathomed

Last night, we successfully downed Fathom-Lord Karathress on our 4th try! As per our guild usual, we did horribly the first three attempts, then somehow pulled it together for the 4th try and downed him. :)

And, sadly, I'm sick today, so being anymore creative that the title of this post...which really isn't creative at all...is beyond me. So, this post is just gonna be short and sweet.

We downed him. Yippy! We had awesome heals. Go healers! Silveria saved us in the end by picking up Karathress after Baklor died. /hugs Silveria.

Baklor (warrior) and Shadowcub (rogue) got the legs and Ledde got the Fathom-Brooch of the Tidewalker.

Hopefully I'll feel better tomorrow as I have a post on Leo I wanna do.

5 v...6?

Yesterday was our Arena day and instead of doing 3v3's as per usual, we did 5v5's. Now, before I get too far in the story here, let me just say that I'm horrible at PvP. In fact, saying I'm horrible at PvP is an extreme understatement. So, do not, under any circumstances, consider me an authority on PvP tactics, strategy, know-how, etc.


So, anyway, we're doing our 5v5, which is my favorite team because it's named 'NonCombat Pets', and we're keeping up our solid losing steak...at least we're consistent, right? And, as we're buffing before the door opens, one of my team mates notices that the other team as 6 players. Odd. Maybe it's counting a Hunter or Warlock pet. Then, the doors open and we run up on the ramp and I do a quick scan and...hmmm....looks like 6 players there. Needless to say, we were quickly dispensed with.


At the end of the battle, I'm checking out the Arena stat window and, yes, indeed, it shows 6 players on the other team! Interestingly, one of the players is from a different server than the others. And, the window doesn't even show me...maybe it only has room for 10 players so I got bumped. Although, if you count, it shows them with 5 kills even though only 4 from our team show in the window.





So, is this a hax somehow? If so, It's one I hadn't heard about...not that I'm up to date on Arena haxes. I'd also like to add that we did battle the 'Hit Men' another two or three times after this occurance and those other times were without the 'additional' player from Agamaggan. So, I'm guessing it was just a fluke of some sort.

Also, since I didn't get on the end results panel, I didn't get 'credit' for the loss. So, my rating is 10 points higher than everyone elses. All in all, a very odd Arena match.

Bears Don't Lose Points

No, I'm not talking about Ferocious Bite points...although we don't lose those either. I'm talking about Kitty Combo points!

Last night on our Kara run...so that I can earn yet more badges for Kitty gear upgrades...we were fighting Nightbane. Since we'd had a problem with the Restless Skeleton's poking at our healers with their boney little fingers, I decided to go into Bear form to help round them up.

I discovered that if I switched from Cat to Bear form before hitting any of the skeletons, I would retain my combo points on Nightbane! Now, this may be old news for a lot of you, but it's not to me and I was very excited as the first time this happened, I had 5 combo points on Nightbane that I thought I was going to lose when he flew off.

I had thought that once I attacked another mob, my combo points would 'reset'. However, apparently, that only applies if you attack another mob while still in Cat form. If you switch to Bear form to attack a secondary target(s), you still retain your combo points on the initial target when you go back to Cat. Awesome!

Yes, I know...how could I not know this after playing a Druid for so long...

Pet Biscuit Trading Card

Upper Deck Entertainment just announced their new Trading Card Game Loot Cards. The most common card will be Papa Hummel's Olf-Fashioned Pet Biscuit. This loot card will redeem a stack of pet biscuits that you can feed to your non-combat pet which will make them grow in size. The size is variable and, on average, will end up being about the size of a hunter pet.

Now, honestly, I'm a little on the fence with this loot card. When it comes to vanity pets, smaller is better (IMO). My favorite pets are the little ones. I love my Tiny Spore Bat as well as my White Kitten. I couldn't imagine making my little baby Bananas as big as every Huntard's pet.

However...having a montrous Chicken or Cockroach might be enough to make me want this card. Actually, I don't have either a chicken or a cockroach pet. They just aren't cute. But, having one that's HUGE does have it's appeal.

Hmmm....an oversized Eggbert?

PMS QQ

I would like to thank you all for enduring my PMS QQ day Monday.

Yes, I know a lot of you are thinking, "WTF?! PMS QQ? TMI!!!!"

Too bad, that's what it was. ;p And, I had to use it here cause when I said it last night, Ledde said, "PMS QQ = best line ever". And, as Ledde is my favorite Innervatee (for those that read here regularly, this was a point question the other day and no one got it....yet...gogogogo!!!) I decided it needed to be done.

Anyway, I talked to our GM and he saw my blog and he QQed too and is using me more in tanking stuff. As I said in my previous post, it was more an issue of him having me DPS because I can do more damage than a Prot Warrior. Plus, when we absorbed a bunch of people from a guild that split, we got a really good and well geared Prot Warrior so, he was making sure he was utilizing him as well.

But, he's now rotating through tanks so we all get to have some fun...even if Maulmorr was all QQ after two pulls and no tank duties. ;p Suck it up, Maul! It was two months for me. ;p~~~

And, for those that wonder why I pick on Baklor and Maulmorr so much...well, that's how tanks show they love each other. ;p

Anyway, that's it for the Identity Crisis drama.

In other news...I'm still busy with closing the year and submitting 1099 forms for my various clients, etc. That is one of the reasons I haven't been posting as much and have not made any WoW useful posts this month. Again, bear with me and I'll be back to posting better quality posts. (pun intended)

I also started back at school this semester. I was one of those teenagers that thought they knew everything and couldn't wait to get 'out in the world and make my own way'. So, I didn't do the college thing when I should have.

I did get my first two years out of the way several years ago through LeTourneau University's Adult Education Program. Which, if you're an adult working a full time job is an awesome program...however, it's not for the procrastinator. All the classes are condensed and you have a lot of homework. Anyway, life happened and I got side tracked, but I'm going again...although not at LeTourneau this time. LeTourneau offers a BBA degree but not one that specializes in Accounting, which is what I want. Plus, as LeTourneau is a private college...it's just way too expensive.

Anyway, I'm rambling...the point is, I'm back in school (just 1 class this semester tho) so that might take a wee bit of time away from blogging...but, not as much as taking care of year end closings for my clients...which will be done in another couple of weeks.

Identity Crisis

I know Druids are Hybrids and that our value comes from our versitility. It's extremely beneficial to a raid to have someone who can deal good DPS, off-tank, off-heal, combat rez, and Innervate healers all in the package of one raider. And, I like getting to do different things.

However, my favorite is tanking. Up until about a month or so ago, I was THE off-tank on all raids. It was Baklor (our GM) and me, side by side, protecting the raid from all the meanies! And we had that awesome MT/OT bond thing going.

But, lately, I've been stuck in the DPS role. I guess I'm different from most people. It seems everyone wants to DPS and no one wants to tank...or, God forbid, heal. (can't blame them on the heal part) But, I like tanking. It's way more fun and engaging than DPSing. You have to pay attention to more stuff, watch out for the healers, and control the pace of the instance, etc.

So...what happened? Did I piss off our GM? :'( Did I let my kitty gear get too good? Do we have too many Prot Warriors? Do I suck at tanking and just not know it? Maybe a little of all the above?

Honestly, I think we do have a good complement of Prot Warriors and when it comes down to the decision of who can do better at DPS....me or a Prot Warrior...it's me and there I am in kitty form. I understand the reasoning...but that doesn't mean I have to like it. ;p

Sooo...what to do, what to do...

Do I continue with my whine campaign with the GM? Do I throw in some guilt trips? Should I threaten him? Bribe him with a non-combat pet? Change my primary role from tanking to dps and roll on Rogue gear? Roll on Boomkin loot and respec?

What do you all think? Any ideas for 'Project Get Mooire Back to Tanking'?