Posted 02-07-2008 at 09:15 PM byCriss Updated 04-01-2008 at 04:44 PM byCriss
Once upon a time, there lived a tank. She had no idea how to play and had crap for gear, so she found an opportunity to improve her skill and gear as a tank. For months and months, she faced the perils of slaying many internet dragons to drop the loot she needed to face ever bigger and badder internet dragons.
And then she tried to go back into five- and ten-mans and had crap for rage. GG, Blizzard, GG!
Posted 02-07-2008 at 08:37 PM byCaulle Updated 02-08-2008 at 05:15 AM byCaulle
*sigh* That was a good sigh for the record. No, a great sigh. It was one of those deep satisfying sighs from the depths of your core that probably triggers the release of one or more chemicals into your body.
We just killed Illidan.
And wow. This kill means so much to me. I've been in this raid for almost 3 years. I've gone from lowly rogue, to off tank, to the co-leader of the raid, to the co-leader of the guild, and then finally to full time main tank. ...
Posted 02-07-2008 at 03:21 PM byArrivan Updated 02-07-2008 at 03:28 PM byArrivan
Criss' blog post really made me think about all the experiences I've had playing World of Warcraft. So, I think I should put some of them in text.
I started playing my warrior in March 2005. I played pretty casually then, because it took me 20 days /played to reach level 60, or nearly a year in actual time. My first guild that I stayed in longer than a week was called Vengence (that's how it was spelled, I didn't just make a mistake), where I eventually became an officer. However,...
I put together a group for what I thought would give us the best chance at completing the timed event, we were all together on time, actually a little early. We made our way in, got buffed, consumables, and started hitting the gong. Clearing went smooth, we worked our way to the last pull that gave us the most trouble, sheeped the 2 trolls and tanked the bears and riders, no problem. A quick check, mana, and we pulled the bear boss with 8 mins left. Started good, then came the transition. He resisted...