The Sunday Instance: I'm Not Dead!

It turns out I could head off to Trollbane to join Ryan and Jon, Staghelm to occasionally play with Ryan and Amibeth or a third server to play with BK. Dot came back to WoW during her break but she and Liz have been absorbed by their college duties. So instead of trying to start on multiple different servers to play with everyone and inevitably burn out, I'm going to stick it out here on Antonidas (dooming myself to daily mocking by Ryan).

I welcome others to come on and partake of the guild bank and resources and I hope to entice some people back for Sunday instance runs. This Sunday at 2:00 (E.S.T.) will be the (new) Deadmines. (New Dungeon Guide linked).

What level characters end up going through will depend on the number of people, assuming it's just a couple people it should be a real quick run that gets a completion achievement for the characters.

The Sunday Instance: Retro guilds Are all the Rage(fire)!

Where: Ragefire (Meet outside Ogrimar)

When: Sunday 2:00p.m.

So I thought I'd put this out there and see who bites. Believe it or not there's an achievement for Ragefire in the Guild achievements for the Alliance. So, after much death, I plan to enter and get the achievement on Sunday in a "guild group". Anyone who intends to be there can suggest other plans (for where or when), this just seemed like a fun thing a single person or small group could do.

I'll be posting one of these for next Sunday as well. Dot and I should both be on for that one and what we do will be determined by who we can get to join us. Keep it in mind!

Don't Call it a Comeback.

So Cataclysm has hit and I'm adding a post to see if there was interest in doing some guild stuff. They've added guild achievements, changed the 1-60 zones and generally made the world spiffier. I find myself missing the old gang so I was hoping maybe others were too. Feel free to reply to this or get in touch in any form you like if you're feeling nostalgic.

Brewfest!

It's another year, and another Brewfest! Jon and I were discussing trying to take on Coren Direbrew at some point. Anyone who can, and wants to, should please let us know! Word of warning: He is level 80. Either way, Drink up!

World of ...what?

How's the summer vacation going for everyone?

I know we haven't been able to synchronize schedules much, but I was just thinking that we do have this level 72 Warlock in our guild now that we might be able to put to work if it's ever just one of us who is out for the week. He's DPS right now, and I'm not sure if he's up for having his voidwalker tank (depends on his spec), but if we need a tank, then maybe somebody's death knight could step up. Or maybe Jon would be willing to respec now that he's at the same level as us.

The bottom line is that I think we have enough options now to run instances even if all 6 of us aren't present. I can understand not wanting to run the new instances so people don't miss out on the new content, but we could probably run through some older ones, maybe on Heroic mode, or for reputation or something. What are other people's thoughts on this?

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.