Wasn't So Dark

Finished up the Ulduar achievement run from two weeks ago. We only had to drop Yogg-Saron left—who I'd never seen let alone killed. Went through the exhaustive tactics writeup on the Wiki so I felt confident, though I still watched Cassette's and TankSpots ten-man videos. Took four attempts with twenty-two people yet it felt a lot smoother than General Vezax.

Since Aenara hasn't done much Ulduar there was quite a number of achievements that scrolled by:

• Glory of the Ulduar Raider (25 player)
• One Light in the Darkness (25 player)
• Two Lights in the Darkness (25 player)
• Three Lights in the Darkness (25 player)
• The Descent into Madness (25 player)
• The Secrets of Ulduar (25 player)

Actually would have used Show of Faith for healing yet a pally beat me out. Took home Soulscribe as a memento. Of course the real pay off was the Ironbound Proto-Drake. I'm finding I like it more than the Icebound Frostbrood Vanquisher.

The Shadow

Really enjoying the Priestly DPS. Got the official invite to Aequitas tonight which I'm excited about. They've just gotten to Mother and will be attempting the Council shortly. It's been very stressful to getting Shadow Resist farming done along with building a respectible DPS set. It's coming together though and should be contributing meaningfully within a month.



Really liking the look, too. I put together 100 badges on Tuesday and decided to go for the Robe since it was the biggest upgrade. Naturally Gorefiend dropped the Shadow Council tonight and none of the other casters were interested. *sigh* Technically not a strong upgrade since it just trades +hit for +crit, but I'm very hit capped at the moment. Ironically they have the exact same texture.

Oh well. I knew I should have picked up the Shoes instead. Even then, I'm probably not going to be able to avoid doing Shadoweave. The sockets on the Boots are too incredible, and the shoulders would be a significant boost. Once I do that though my healing gear is ravaged. Oh well. Tired of healing anyway.

Worked Some Warsong

The 29 bracket is definitely more fun than the 19. It's nice to have access to both Warsong and Arathi Basin plus their related gear. The Rogue is still very strong with dodge and critical strikes. While mitigation has gone done having 2k life unbuffed helps me go toe-to-toe with Warriors. Hunters and Ice Mages continue to be my biggest problem.

Joined a guild I saw someone spamming about in trade. Twink guild that targets 29. They apparently need more regular healers and I was thinking about a paladin though I haven't mentioned it yet. The guy I talked with was mostly happy with my gear, suggesting the WSG sword with a +15 agi on it then the AB belt to replace my Deviate Scale. Really don't think the extra AP is worth the loss in crit and life, but I will try it for a while.

First game went really well. The horde wasn't well twinked or organized, so I spent a lot of time farming. My PvP addon had me at "Godlike" four times. *snicker* Still wish I knew which addon tracks kills like that. Anyway. Was top of the leaderboard in kills though a Horde Warlock managed to barely sneak ahead of my damage.


Won the second game fairly quickly after I killed the Horde flag carrier. Took me three tries to kill the Priest who was healing him. The smart druid made a bee line for the graveyard—to no avail. =) Third game was with some of my new guildies: Pillowpants (Hunter), Bonus (Warrior), and a Druid healer. Went pretty well with Pillowpants on top of kills and damage. Everyone jetted after that game, which was fine. Time for bed.