Archive for the ‘Arena’ Category

Wrath, Tailoring and Lolotov

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

Why should I keep tailoring (or enchanting for that matter)? There is nothing there that I can’t get with gold. The tailor-only leg enchants are cheaper than the regular leg enchants, but no stronger. The cloak enchants are so far laughable and proc based (DPS based on RNG, gotta love it).

The flying carpet is sweet.

Everything else is BOE and buyable. Not to mention Tailoring is requiring three time the mats that BC Tailoring required. Even with cloth scavenging, I don’t feel like I have loads of cloth. I blew through 400+ pieces of cloth to reach 394 the other day.

What the hell is the point? Why not go BS and JC: extra sockets of BOP gem goodness. What about the leatherworking wrist enchants that blow naything else out of the water? I’m having my doubts about enchanting as well. As a DPS caster, +24sp per ring is the benefit of enchanting, or +48sp total. Leatherworking gets +67sp on their wrists.

Then there’s the PVP side: Alchemist only arena potions. Letting professions play into arenas is a shitty idea, but why not take alchemy then? They already have awesome trinkets.

So back to tailoring, why should I keep it? I’m 99% sure that I will, for a couple of reasons: I’ve had it for so long and I have a few rare patterns (which are now out of date :P). I don’t want those to be wasted really. The other reason is that there might be more down the line. Blizzard has said that they don’t like the idea of people taking professions solely to have the ‘best in slot’ items (sunwell robe/gloves, FSW starter set, etc.) and that they would rather people take professions that they enjoy.

Dear Blizzard, Not a lot of people enjoy the ‘work’ of the profession. Grinding out useless crap until capped (or just about capped) and able to bang out a few epic patterns for yourself is hardly fun. There are some people and some things that are not so bad, like JC - It’s a fun profession - everyone needs gems, and everything you make will be useful to someone. For the most part, professions are a pretty shitty necessity. I like working for good stuff, but I don’t want the work to be miserable.

So anyway again, why should I keep tailoring?

Truthiness arena video thingy

Saturday, November 15th, 2008

Alrighty then I finally got around to doing this.  I used what footage I had but in all honesty I missed frapsing many of the really good fights.  In any case I hope everyone like the musics n stuff =)

Download for epic quality!

Arena in a Nutshell

Monday, October 20th, 2008

My first post.  Woot.  I love to read the tabloids/forums, I am not sure why, kinda like a train wreck most of the time.  But a while ago I found one of the funniest posts I have seen in a while.  We might not all agree on it, but it is funny IMO. I’ll put one of the best parts on as a teaser and the link if you want to read the rest.   The post isn’t long, but too long for here I think.

What if the UFC was like the WOW Arena . . .
Bob: “And here comes The Iceman himself, stepping into the cage. He looks ready for a fight.”
Jon: “Now his opponent steps in, Mr. Quinton “Rampage” Jackson himself, and . . . wait, is . . . is he holding a crowbar?”
Bob: “You got that right, Jon. Looks like his weapon of choice for this match is the crowbar. I think it’s fair to say we are gonna see some bloodshed tonight.”
Jon: “Uh, did I miss something? Why does he get to use a crowbar?”
Bob: “He won the last fight, Jon.”
Jon: ” . . . and?”
Bob: “And the winner gets rewarded with a upgraded gear. Rampage obviously choose the crowbar . . . not a bad decision if you ask me.”

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=7116542000&sid=1&pageNo=1