orcish army knife

Ooh, that a nice lot of items from DS. You also ha...

2012-05-31T08:11:52.653-07:00

Ooh, that a nice lot of items from DS. You also have good taste in exotic pets, I have three of those in my stable :P

Hunters have good luck on Madness because only one...

2012-05-29T23:58:11.347-07:00

Hunters have good luck on Madness because only one class (Druids) can compete with them on Kiril, and *no* other class can compete for Vishanka. So there's not a huge amount of competition on their weapons.

About the only class that has it better in terms of Madness loot are Rogues - because a) no other class can compete with them on their dagger, b) there aren't many rogues out there, and c) quite a few rogues have shelled out to get stage 1 legendaries, and thus don't need the dagger from Deathwing.

Wow, grats on the string of luck! That's just ...

2012-05-28T15:13:55.139-07:00

Wow, grats on the string of luck! That's just an awesome bow, something for my newest hunter to look forward to.

Good luck on the pets. They're fun to collect.

Excellent post and some of the things I disliked a...

2012-05-25T14:18:42.601-07:00

Excellent post and some of the things I disliked about this expansion as well.

AM - While I hated being underwater as much as the next guy I wanted to see more of the story. Throne was like reading the first book of a trilogy. It started a story and did not even touch on the fun stuff yet. How blizzard came up with the excuse that it felt done is beyond me. I'd guess it was the same guy that said, we are removing volley because we do not want hunters to use magic and then decided, lets make survival the magic spec. Their excuse department really needs to get their act together. They always have the worst excuses ever.

DW - I think some clever use of his humanoid form showing up and crashing the party so to speak would have made him a more worthy opponent. As it was, to me at least, he just felt like another dragon. Don't we kill dragons with pellet guns every weekend in this game? Well, it seems that way. He would have been better served creating a persona we wanted to kill instead of being another dragon fight.

DW the brute - Didn't I say in a reply here before the expansion even came out that I had this feeling that he was just some mindless godzilla type? Chalk one up for the grumpy one. I pegged that one on the head.

Calia - That would have been some awesome lore to see and play out. I would have enjoyed it. But they seem to forget their own lore. Heck, lets look not even at anything lore based, but someone everyone felt connected with even without knowing lore, Hemet, they forgot him too and he, unlike Calia, is known by everyone that plays. I think leaving the human part of DW out of the expansion meant she got left out as well. Maybe someone brought it up at a meeting and was shot down by another person saying, we do not want him being another athas, someone with a human side, someone we care about. We want him as godzilla and her story would take away from his huffing and puffing while he is trying to blow the house down. I am pretty sure that is the reason they did not tell her story. Sadly, I think you are right, we will never get a taste of her story now. Ever.

Amazing post and proof once again that anyone that likes to read should always make sure to read your blog. Awesome stuff here and dead on accurate.

Thanks for sharing.

I loved this write up! Great job. It was a shame t...

2012-05-24T20:28:57.676-07:00

I loved this write up! Great job. It was a shame that DW was just a big brute. All through Northrend we saw the LK. He tempted us at every term it seemed like. The quest line when the LK killed what was left of his soul was great. Hrm, with DW I couldn't play a zone for five minutes while it was on fire and I got an achievement. Very underwhelming IMHO.

Thanks again and keep up the great work!

I'm still kind of disappointed that Blizz didn...

2012-05-24T13:47:53.276-07:00

I'm still kind of disappointed that Blizz didn't follow up on the previous version of the platinum disks questline from Ulduman, but I suppose that making *everybody* get the key into the Uldum archives would have been a little ridiculous. (But not much more ridiculous than making *everybody* get the key to the Arcatraz and the key to Karazhan, back in the day....) I still wish we'd seen something from, say, Brann Bronzebeard about how *he'd* secured that key.

@Throm - It's true that Nefarius and Sabellian...

2012-05-24T13:47:38.758-07:00

@Throm - It's true that Nefarius and Sabellian were black, but other black dragons weren't - particularly, Onyxia. I think it's just a matter of personal dragon taste, there.

@Rades The starting zone was great... right up unt...

2012-05-24T13:31:47.653-07:00

@Rades The starting zone was great... right up until you left to dick around with the night elves.

Gets worse when you play Silverpine and see that the 7th Legion arrived just after you left. Awful.

And concerning Deathwings human form: For the patriarch of the black dragonflight, shouldn't his human form be, uh, black? Victor Nefarius and Sabellian were.

@Throm - I'm torn on the Worgen, because envir...

2012-05-24T13:16:33.252-07:00

@Throm - I'm torn on the Worgen, because environmentally and in terms of mood, I thought their starter zone was fantastic. I can definitely get the complaints about it though.

And yeah, Benedictus is a GREAT one. I kinda forgot about him! So much lost lore potential there.

Four Cataclysm lore disappointments? 1. The Worg...

2012-05-24T13:12:11.551-07:00

Four Cataclysm lore disappointments?

1. The Worgen and the travesty of the Gilneas story.

2. Benedictus.

3. The Draenei and their damned neutrality. They've helped the Horde more than the Alliance; I mean come on, this was a perfect chance to show they actually care about their 'pledged allies'.

4. Deathwing being an awful villain. Ragnaros was more compelling than him.

@Suzushiiro - What, really?! Yeah, that's exac...

2012-05-24T12:37:52.521-07:00

@Suzushiiro - What, really?! Yeah, that's exactly the type of scene I wanted to see! Damn, that makes me sad it didn't make it to live. :(

In beta there was actually a Twilight Highlands qu...

2012-05-24T12:34:47.845-07:00

In beta there was actually a Twilight Highlands quest where you killed adds while Alexstraza and Deathwing fought a DBZ-style "magic/chi/energy beam inverse tug-of-war" battle in their human forms, right before the quest where you fly around on a red dragon's back taking out black dragons while Alextraza and Deathwing fight over Grim Batol. Not sure why they took it out for live.

First picture caption "Dragon butts"

2012-05-24T11:43:17.529-07:00

First picture caption "Dragon butts"

See what it looks like on some other characters.

2012-05-23T03:07:20.743-07:00

See what it looks like on some other characters.

Great googly moogly.

2012-05-21T14:15:17.516-07:00

Great googly moogly.

Um, yeah. Real brilliant there, Blizz.

2012-05-21T14:13:55.819-07:00

Um, yeah.

Real brilliant there, Blizz.

Oh my! Kinda disappointing it doesn't actually...

2012-05-21T12:37:28.712-07:00

Oh my! Kinda disappointing it doesn't actually look like a.. yanno.. breast. xD

You have a responsibility to buy that, you know. F...

2012-05-21T12:36:55.436-07:00

You have a responsibility to buy that, you know. For science.

Did you do all of the dorf wedding quests? You tot...

2012-05-15T04:54:12.500-07:00

Did you do all of the dorf wedding quests? You totally should if not :D

I agree, to ALL OF WHAT YOU ARE SAYING! I have on...

2012-05-14T13:20:16.581-07:00

I agree, to ALL OF WHAT YOU ARE SAYING!

I have one idea for Blizzard to make it better though (cause really, I don't think they would want to remove skimpy armour) MAKE IT EQUALLY AS SKIMPY ON MALE CHARACTERS! (Like the Loincloth, its hideous, but bless it for being equally hideous on both genders!

My money is on the tape and a handy bucket. Seriou...

2012-05-14T12:58:58.616-07:00

My money is on the tape and a handy bucket. Seriously though the hunters seem to level themselves when you're not looking. I think I could safely make that statement about all classes with the leveling process now. It's come quite a long way in the painless department. That would probably explain why I gave numerous 85s sitting about as part of some forgotten project.

Wow, Rades, that's quite the blitz to level 85...

2012-05-14T12:53:55.094-07:00

Wow, Rades, that's quite the blitz to level 85! Congratulations! She looks awesome :D

Waaaait..... Did you actually leave the co...

2012-05-14T11:58:49.865-07:00

Waaaait.....

Did you actually leave the computer over those weekends, or were you duct taped to the chair?

That happens to female worgen, too. There are mult...

2012-05-08T10:15:09.800-07:00

That happens to female worgen, too. There are multiple leather helms that are different colors on them when they're in worgen form as opposed to human form.

The universe is telling you to be an elf! :P Can&#...

2012-05-08T03:14:13.540-07:00

The universe is telling you to be an elf! :P Can't say I disagree, BE's are such sexy beasts but you know that already right?