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.