Go North, Young Man, Go North.

Both Dot and Ryan can't make it next Sunday so everyone is left to their own devices. For those who haven't I would suggest taking the boat from Menethil Harbor (from the dock where the ship to Darkshire used to leave). It will take you straight to the Howling Fjord and the quests nearby will quickly lead you to the Utgarde Keep quests. In particular, if you pick up Fresh Legs from the scout to the left after leaving the keep and crossing the small stream that will lead you toa little dwarf just outside Utgarde that has two quests for the dungeoun. This is also a great thing to do just to get a look at the area, which is pretty fantastic.

Have a good week all.

Sunday, Sunday, Sunday!

First: another free re-spec! All talent points have been refunded again with the 3.1.1 patch.

Second: who's on for our very last BC instance, Magister's Terrace? Wooooo! (Okay, I suppose we could come back at level 80 and try out Kara. So MaT is our last BC 5-man. Fine.)

Looks like there's just one quest to pick up. If you're Aldor, see Adyen the Lightwarden on Aldor Rise in Shattrath and pick up Crisis at the Sunwell. Scryers see Dathris Sunstriker on Scryer's Tier for Duty Calls.

You too could be in the News!

Or at least a Newsletter. I recently started getting Azeroth Advisor and thought I'd link it for those who wanted to check it out. It sends out personalized newsletters for the characters you play based on an info grabbing app you download. I still haven't fully decided whether I'm going to stick with it or not but it's definitely cool enough to take a look at.

Important Note: They do not give out your email but they do email you a bunch with "new" newsletters so you might want to give them an email that's not your main or make a rule to put them in a specific folder.

This Sunday: Shattered Halls

Today, in fact.  Actually in 2 minutes, as of the time I'm writing this.  The plan is to go through Shattered Halls.  Looks like most of the quest pickups are in Honor Hold, with one being in Area 52 in the Netherstorm.

See you there!

Sunday Instance: Out to Lunch

No instance run next Sunday as neither Ryan or Dot will be available. Have a good Easter everyone!

The Sunday Instance: How to do Morass.

So this Sunday is "Opening the Dark Portal" in the Black Morass. If everything goes well it should actually be pretty short I'd guess a 30 minutes to get us set up and to the instance and about 30-45 minutes to run it. If we don't wipe. To that end here's the Strategy guide. This sounds like a pretty intense instance as it's just one big fight with wave after wave of enemies.

Millhouse helped us squish this giant bug!

The Angels root out trouble in the Botanica...

We (don't) fear change!

I've just added another new person to the guild. Jon Paul's girlfriend, Allison, has joined us. If you get online and notice someone new just take a gander at the notes page (it will tell you who it is) and say "Hi!" to one of the new people. I know that Ryan and Dot already know Allison, Jon Paul and Will and I know that BK has met Jon Paul. These are all wonderful people though so don't be afraid to chat them up.

For everyone who's new I will be sending out some invites to the blog shortly. If you ever feel like it you'll be able to post of respond here. We use this in place of our former guild website both because it fits our casual style more and allowing everyone to post to the front page helps keep the site active.

So, welcome everyone and hope to see you online,
Nate

Congratulations, your mind has been expended.

So Blizzard has put out some details about the next patch (thanks for the tip BK). There's a lot to see including a new equipment manager and Dual Speccing. For those interested in the ultra 1337 dual spec option it will cost 1000g and it looks like you'll need a second set of Glyphs for the new spec.


Also of note is lots of class changes and (both BK and I are betting) talent point refunds for everyone*. So if you were looking to try out a new spec or two (see what I did there?) then this might be the time to do it.

*Don't quote me on that.

Crafting the Stone/Jewels with some Style

So Chivalry just made it to 300 Jewelcrafting and while it's still not to Wrath levels (or even BC max) it's far enough to make Gems to
socket into equipment. As soon as I'm able to do some more mining I'll be adding them to the Guild Bank (check back on Sunday, they should be in by then) and as you level up your gear talk to me and I should be able to socket the new stuff. You can also just in game mail me with what color gems you need and I'll send some back that are class appropriate (stats may depend on what materials I have on hand but you can request specific stats as well).

Four to go

Only 4 more instances in Outland to go!  They are:

• Hellfire Citadel: Shattered Halls
  
• Black Morass
  
• Tempest Keep: The Arcatraz
  
• Magisters' Terrace
  

That's the order they're listed in the WowWiki in terms of difficulty, but at this point, I think we can pretty much do them in any order.  We should probably save Magisters' Terrace for the "big finale," though, as that's the fight against Kael'thas, and is apparently almost "Heroic" in difficulty.

Also, I will be in San Francisco next Sunday, so I won't be able to run with you guys.

Steamvaults

I believe the next instance up in the queue is the Steamvault branch of Coilfang Reservoir.  These are the associated quests:

•  [70] The Warlord's Hideout Given by Watcher Jhang at the entrance to Coilfang Reservoir.
•  [70] Orders from Lady Vashj Starts with a random drop of the same name inside the instance.
•  [70] Underworld Loam Given by David Wayne within Terokkar Forest.
•  [70] The Second and Third Fragments Given by Khadgar at the Terrace of Light in Shattrath City, this is step 6 in a quest chain to obtain the Master's Key that starts with Archmage Alturus at the entrance to Karazhan in Deadwind Pass. The Second Key Fragment is found in this instance. It can be located in the water just in front of the first boss Hydromancer Thespia.

So it looks like Underworld Loam and The Second and Third Fragments are the only quests that can't be picked up in or near the entrance to the instance.

World of Warcraft

Hey, so there's this cool game called "World of Warcraft" that I think we should try out this Sunday!  Let me know if anyone is interested. Maybe we can meet in-game at around 1pm. The "Mechanar" area sounds like it might be fun.  Let me know what you think!

Ta Da!!!!