Last post....of 2009!

With my posting frequency this year I this will be my last post for the year. Not going to be too much different from the others. Unlike Pike, went had a very neat end of the year post reviewing highlights from each month. It was a very fun read and you should check it out if you haven't already.

A lot has happened since I last posted, were I touched on some of my preparations for 3.3. I'm happy to say that my investment in the Borean Leathers was a very nice one. Between the borean leathers, transmutes, and herbs I was able to pad my bank with plenty of gold. I think I made about 9k gold in the two days after the patch. That has been a nice boost to helping my gear out my shaman for running some heroics.

For some reason after the patch I started messing with my dwarf hunter again. Well this really excited me and made me realize how much I liked playing on the Alliance side. One thing lead to another and getting ganked a few times in Wintergrasp by them Horde dogs, lead me to switching my loyalties. The only issue was that I really liked playing my shaman. So it happened. I treated myself to a race change on my troll shaman to becoming a BIG BLUE BAD ARSE DRAENEI! His new name is Boozjha. I must say that the draenei aliens have never really appealed to me because the are a large race. However the big lugs have started to grow on me. I'm very much enjoying playing it, so much that I may not even race change him to a dwarf when Cataclysm comes out.

I've been having loads of fun with the LFG tool. This is by far the greatest thing that Blizzard has introduced to the game. It has opened up a whole new part of the game that for some reason I have always seemed to avoid. I'm wish now that I would have pursued grouping more intensely all these years. I use to love grouping in Everquest and this patch makes me remember the days of grinding out the LDoNs. Only thing is this is easy. No work required to searching for the group.

I was able to pick up my "the Patient" title and got my Perky Pug as well. Butt rub on the floor FTW! Then sniff it? Blizzard does have a good since of humor. Opening up to this new aspect of the game has also made more aware of some many other things. Mainly GEAR! I really have not paid that much attention to gear over the past years. Sure I realized there was a difference, but I didn't actively go after that gear like I am now. Gear score? Really? Seriously? I was a little offended. Thinking you freaking elitist jerk! I really didn't realize there was that much difference from a heroic and a regular dungeon. I didn't want to run those regulars, they didn't give the emblems each time. The I loaded the Recount addon and saw that I was doing less damage than the tank.

The first thing I did was get over to MMO champion Shaman forums stickies. I also perused the Elitist Jerks class/spec pages. I have them all saved now so I can quickly pull them up when I alt tab. Next thing I did was used some of that gold I made and bought some better gear, enchants, and gems. I even spent some of those long saved pvp honor points and bough a three pieces of the Dreadful Gladiator Gear. Which I was laughed out very quickly, but in my defense it was way better than wearing a green quest item. As of right now I'm still wearing the chest, but I haven't gotten anything to replace it yet in the dungeons. As of now I'm going in the right direction and starting to wrap my mind around this aspect of the game. I still have a ways to go, but I'm getting there. I'd like to get comfortable enough to try a pick up raid, but I'm not going to even try till I have some more pieces upgraded. Namely the blue head piece and pvp chest. I'll be getting the T9 head piece soon as it will be the biggest upgrade.

This biggest thing is learning all the dungeons and different fights. Being that I have a very bad memory (this has really become an issue this year) it is sometimes hard to keep the different encounters straight. I think I'm going to need to pick up a recorder so I can speak and take notes while I'm playing. I simply can't remember all the details once the dungeon is done. Repetition is helping though.

So yeah, the year is almost over with. Where did 2009 go? 2010 will be here soon and gone as well. 8-p

My very thoughtful wife got me a well thought out gift this Christmas. TWO....Count'em....TWO Tankards O Terror. They are freaking huge. I don't look as good as my Draenei weilding these things, but if some one every tries breaking into the house. You can betcha that I'll be grabbing these suckers if the guns are not very close. Yeah, i know there ceramic, but they will still knock you a good one.

She also got me the Horde Stein. I kept wondering why she was asking a week before Christmas "I thought you played FOR the HORDE!" She is awesome and I couldn't ask for anyone better. I hope the rest of you out there had a great holiday this year and please be very safe this weekend. Whatever you do make sure you do it safely. You have all of next year to look forward.