MoP Released!! :D / More drama on the MRT

Posted on 09-25-2012 by Benie

Mists of Pandaria was released without delay last night at 3:01am Eastern. I was on the MRT Server at the time, alone, which allowed me to do my own “Pre-MoP Party”. At the launch time, I set off lots of TNT outside of Spawn City. The fact it can explode but not do damage, allowed me to do this.

In two weeks from now (October 9th), which I feel when things will quiet down (less people flocking to Pandaria to level to 90), will be my time to get back into WoW and restart on the leveling highway, this time to Level 90. And this time I won’t be doing it solo. I’ll be dual clienting there. How will that work, I have yet to find out. I’m sure there will be a few places where I have to send one char in, then send the other. For example, an escort quest. I still remember helping my Druid in Uldum. That was nuts.

I’m just glad to say; good-BYE Cataclysm! No longer will Deathwing be a threat to Azeroth. Now, war is the threat. But it’s a threat I don’t have to deal with. Let the PvPers sort it out. 🙂
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And that leads me to a rather embarrassing, yet…had to be done moment on the MRT Server. Last time I made a post, it was about Tom_1277.
Last week has been, interesting. It costed Ari’s and uugiggi’s jobs; with giggi getting the banhammer. The reason giggi got banned was, he used an alt account to spam profanities about the server, and about Frumple.
I suggested to Frumple who was on Mumble to check the IPs (though he never admitted I was the one that told him), and they matched. But he was hesitant to ban giggi after getting an email from him, who he forwarded to me.
I personally couldn’t give Frumple a decision, so I dragged NexZone30 aka nighthawk998 (a name that will be mentioned later in this post) into Mumble, since he was a part of this whole incident. Nex explained how he felt sorry for giggi at first, said that giggi apologized for it and “wouldn’t do it again”, but he lied, and Nex lost all respect for him. So Frumple used the banhammer after some thought.

Later on that week… is, well, something that had to be done. You’re probably saying to yourself “you got banned, right?”, no. I didn’t. Let me continue. It happened yesterday. Basically, Tom asked me if there’s a custom title he could have since he’s a Principle at his, school. I told him to check the FAQ, since it clearly states ‘no’. He claimed he didn’t see it. Of course, this made me “The fuck?! If I can see it, how come he can’t?!” in Mumble (not in those words, mind you).
Nex heard me and told me to calm down, saying how “this isn’t the Benie I know”. I tried to tell him “this is the real me”. Skipping a few details here and there, I mistakenly had him tell Frumple about this, who was online at the time, doing a full render. He’s doing renders on Monday Nights now instead of Friday Night.

In all honesty and in my defense, I told Nex what I really felt, that I felt since I came back to the server after playing WoW; that I feel “bonded” to the server in a bad way. And I wish I could just take off without saying anything, and come back when I want to. That way I won’t feel so stressed out when I do come back.
Basically, I wanna do what Frumple does. I’m sick of the complaints of dispensers being broken or need to be filled, and the WorldEdit requests. I really, really dreaded coming back to the server when I did.

After Nex got done talking to Frumple, he sent me a long email stating everything, but misunderstood what Nex told him at the end about me. I was all “I don’t want to be demoted just to take time off the server!”. Nex explained later on that he may not had told Frumple every word I had said, and went to tell him. Then came back and told me. Then I had the courage to talk to Frumple who explained everything, and said I was free to do whatever I need to do, to clear my mind. So, that’s a load off of mine.
He also told me what to do about Tom. To just back off if his stupidy gets to my breaking point. I told Frumple how “he (Tom) asks a lot of dumb questions”. I also told him how I “have been treating him like a regular member instead of a special one”, and I should of had more patience with him.

Frumple said how everyone makes mistakes; even himself. He claims that he made the mistake of modding Ari and Giggi in the first place. I told him the whole reason Ari (and even Chief) became Mod was, to take the load off of me on Day 3 of the server. Frumple explained how he should had put more time in finding mods instead of just picking them out of the blue and hoping they’ll behave.

As for the FAQ, I’ll admit it doesn’t clearly state “title”. It specifies suffixes and prefixes. Chief changed it to clarify so even Tom would understand.

Later on, Nex was talking to Tom through the chat, why Tom could be why the way he is. It’s clear now that he isn’t trolling and never meant to. He’s actually hurting inside. He explains it’s his school, which is causing him to do these things on the server. And about these two people who were ‘drawing on eachother’… *shivers*. Sounds like a bad horror movie.

So, TLDR: Tom got to me, Nex tried to comfort me, Frumple said everything’s ok. And I didn’t get banned. So everyone’s a winner! Except Tom anyway. Poor thing. Knowing this, I won’t be so harsh on him.

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Worst. Month. EVER.

Posted on 09-18-2012 by Benie

I do apologize for not posting in awhile. I haven’t had anything to say. And what I had ended up in unfinished Drafts, never to be published.

I guess I’ll start off talking about the MRT Server. Quite a few things have happened since Rommel got banned. Been working on my roads, built a Semi-Directional T. I had a lot of help with that from one of the newest mods, computerghost (who became one when I was playing WoW). He helped me with the ramps.
And I’m taking a break from them as well. I overwhelmed myself with the number of things to do. And went back to my island.
Qwolf has helped me by building me a new house there. It’s very big, and at first I liked it. But… I dunno now. It feels… like it’s just not mine. Yet I have to like it, since he feels he “owes me it”. Maybe he’s just trying to get on my good side. He’s doing a good job there. He also built me a Dragon Zen Garden, with an actual dragon head looking West, as a place of tranquility on the server. Where WorldEdit jobs don’t happen, and whiners don’t whine that dispensers are empty or when they’re stuck in a block (HELP PLOX!!!111).

On other parts of the server, I had to deal with a pretty … well … noobish person. His name is Tom_1227. Why is he a noob, you ask? He asks dumb questions. Also, he tends to test my patience.
For example, Boss and I were working on moving the terminal for the MRT International Airport, due North by 30 blocks. Tom kept on trying to help. But I told him that he can look, but don’t touch. And he says a bit later “will i be punished if i touch the airport?”, and “can i touch it now?” I had thoughts that he’s just trolling me.
However, a few days ago, uugiggi and Ari were the ones trolling him. This could lead up to Ari being demoted (due to being warned before).

However, what’s been urking me the most is what’s been happening outside of the server. IRL. Basically, I want more RAM, because my computer seems to be getting slow. Also, my speakers are dying on me. The left speaker keeps going out on me continuously.
I spent so much damn money this month that it made my head spin. Here, let me just give you the load down…
First, it was $12 for a pair of Speakers from BestBuy.com. Claimed they were Stereo. So I waited for a week. Got them. Plugged them in, and oh GOD did it sound like I had just went back to the 1980’s! Mono as hell. The cheapest speakers I have ever heard in my life.

The second thing, going up to my computer guy who has Stereo speakers. According to the box, they were better. Paid $15. Got home, plugged in, AGAIN.. mono as hell!

And the third thing, paid $40 for JBL speakers at Amazon.com. They claim they provide bass boost, and since I own JBL’s, I felt I finally found a worthy replacement. So I got them, did everything, and in Winamp, they sounded really good. Everywhere else… mono as hell.
I still have these … “troll speakers”. Since it’s all I could find. I’m trying to get used to the mono-ness.

And so we move on to Memory…
First time I went up there, the guy had no DDR2’s, and said he would order some.

Second time, went up there. Guy tried to install some brand new sticks. Computer wouldn’t boot. Told me I have to get the same sticks I got now, which are G-Skills.

Third time (recently). I find two sticks with a slightly different part number on Newegg, but go on with it. I pay $63. This includes $2.99 quick processing, and like $8 for 3 day shipping. Expected to get it on Saturday, got it Monday. Got them to the guy. He installed, computer said “NO FUCK YOU!!” to them. So he tells me, flat out, “it’s time to upgrade”. Stating DDR2’s are getting phased out.
I’ll never get back the money I paid for shipping and processing. Only for the sticks, which were $54.99. Plus I have to pay more to RMA it to send it back to them, via my Post Office tomorrow.

I really don’t want a new computer. I’m actually happy with my current one. Despite its slowness, it runs most if not all of my games at a pretty good FPS. My GPU hasn’t done what the last two malfunctioning video cards have done *knocks on wood*. And my computer always boots up ok. Plus, I’m not having any overheating issues, thanks to my Antec 900 case.

It still pisses me off with the whole memory thing. My parents think I’m doing it to “compete”. They have no idea I just needed more to make it more stable. Since according to my system, it’s currently using just over half of my memory on Idle. And that’s not right.
I just don’t get why my computer can’t handle the memory. But a thought just came over me. I’m wondering if Windows is detecting I have a non-legit copy of a 64 bit OS, and keeps the computer from booting.
OR, my motherboard isn’t 64 bit compatible. Which could answer why it refuses to boot (64 bit systems allow for more than 4GB of RAM to be installed). Or it could be what the guy said, that something happened to the motherboard. Like when I tried to install the sticks in myself, a year ago. And I had accidentally unplugged the power.

Whatever’s the case, I’m not going to get my 8GB like this. The only way to, and possibly even more, is to upgrade. He said to “get an i7”. Which is pretty much moving away from AMD and going to Intel. Intels are believed to be better CPUs. And an i7 has four more cores than my current one. So it’s like two Phenoms put together. That’s pretty nice.
He said I’ll need at least $500 to upgrade. But I feel I’ll need even more than that. For starters, I need a larger C drive. My current one I feel is the culprit of why my computer is getting slow. It’s only 160GB. I need something a lot bigger than that; like a 1TB (like my ‘Big Stuff’ drive).
I also need a new GPU. Something a lot more compact than my current one, so I can install my sound card (which will probably not work with the new motherboard).

Also can use a legit copy of Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. But that’s $100 right there, due to the license key. But if that’s the reason I can’t have 8GB, I have to spend it.

Lastly, I was planning to leave the server today to do the Battle of Theramore scenario of WoW. But due to being so ticked off about not getting my 8GB, I’ve decided to stay on the server ’till two weeks after MoP’s release. That’s all I really give a shit about anyway. After going through the Level 85-90 content, then I’ll do the scenarios.

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My return to the MRT Server

Posted on 09-05-2012 by Benie

I came back last night. I don’t “feel refreshed” as I hoped I would. Infact, I’m even more pissed than I was when I left. Due to my arch enemy, General_Rommel. One fight I feel just costed more than my job as head of roads. I feel I should had never came back. But WoW’s boring ’till MoP.

So anyway, I got the usual welcome back after getting everything updated on my end, to join the server. It went somewhat ok on my end, having forgotten of the new MultiMC update. But I finally got it.
Started playing around with the new 1.3 stuff; mainly the writable books. LD showed me how to simulate “putting” one of those books in a bookshelf. It’s quite simple, but isn’t perfect. The fact you have to use a cart with a chest to make it work.

The next night, I try to “discuss” a road that connects B1 to B2 using my road, with yeamanator132 (who built the road). He throws a surprise curve ball, calling me a bureaucrat. It was then I realized, I was no better than Rommel. Both of us wanted to do the roads our way. And both of us wanted to control what roads were placed.
And so, I voluntarily stepped down as head of roads, and gave it to Rommel. Who was shocked. But I wanted to tell him “Just shut the fuck up and take the title”. But the rules stopped me from saying that. Being a mod, I have to show an example for the server. But my actions after wasn’t anything of that.

I wanted to choke Rommel and cuss him out for taking what I loved doing on the server, away from me, and getting away with it. Because Frumple doesn’t want to deal with it. I wanted to call Rommel a piece of shit and every other thing in the book. But I forced to abide by the same rules I’m enforcing as a Mod, so I did my best not to cuss. And it ended up making me look like a tool. I never once said a cussword. Came close after yeamanator left by calling him a “dumbay”. Fortunately, no one was on at the time.
I remembered what ActualFacts did, and kept myself from “following” him in that situation.

I’m still fucking pissed as I write this. I’m the one that created the first road on the server. Frumple and Chief liked it, and xplay made me the head of roads. Then along comes Rommel and takes it from me, in the blink of an eye. And instead of Frumple being on my side and saying “you’re doing Benie’s work. Stop that”, he wants Rommel to work with me.
Well, that’s fine and all. But the bastard refuses to! He claims he will, but he just pretty much has his fingers crossed behind his back. And Frumple, he isn’t going to get involved. He just sighs.

I can’t work like this. And since I know Frumple is sick of this, the only logical way to end this feud, is to just give Rommel what he wants. He wants my job. So, he can have it. As well as the responsibilities that come with it.
What pisses me off more, is he isn’t phased over this. He’s actually fine and accepts it. Cause, he’s won. The battle is over, and he won. Because I had no support. They all turned their backs on me, saying “figure it out on your own” (in their own sense).

And he had the nerve, to ask me to help him out with the road to the MRT International Airport. He took my job. But I’ll be damned if he’s going to take my dignity.

What’s worse, is the things I said have possibly.. ok, definitely ruined my chance of being an Admin (not that I care). What’s worse, I may lose my Mod rights over this. That would be the last straw for me. If Frumple sides with Rommel, I’m done. But if he sides with me, then… I dunno. Rommel won’t be happy with it.
But if he doesn’t pick a side, but allows me to keep my Mod status, then I have to promise to drop this fight. And I will. As long as it’s not brought up ever again.

But if I lose my mod job over this. Then that’s it. I’m done. Done with the server. If he’s too blind to see if Rommel is deliberately trying to piss me off, then fine. So be it. He can have his peace on the server.
But after I go, I’m going to calmly say in an email to Frumple: “Well, if that’s it. Then.. there’s no reason for me to stay on this server any longer. Frumple, it’s been a pleasure to meet you. But what you have done here, has made me lose all my respect over you. I will however respect your decision to demote me. Good luck trying to find someone that will replace me.”

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Pre-MoP Patch (5.0.4) Day

Posted on 08-28-2012 by Benie

The day has finally arrived. The end of the old talent tree system, and seeing Deathwing’s ugly face on the login screen.
The patch downloaded slowly at first, then kicked into high gear and got finished in under an hour; compared to 4 hours on the PTR. Very nice.

At the start, the patch seemed as if it wasn’t doing anything. Sitting at 0% for five minutes. Then it got to 1%. Finally some progress! Then it got to 2%. Then 3%. Then 4%. Suddenly, it jumped to 26%. As if it was downloading in the background all of this time. Then it rocketed, getting done in record time (“record” being the 4 hours in the PTR).

So now I sit and wait for the servers to hopefully come back up in two hours from now, looking at the Mogu statues of the new login screen. Which are seen in the Valley of the Four Winds according to Wowhead. Which is the center of Pandaria (and seems to also be where Level 90’s will hang out).
Funny, that I still haven’t figured out all of the Bestiary of MoP. I know only the basics about these Mogu people; only they used to rule Pandaria with an iron fist and were finally exiled by the Pandarians. But the Mogu have returned, it seems. Will they be the next threat to Azeroth?

Though I can’t help but think, the Mogu almost look like the first dragon humanoids. Their faces alone look like a chinese dragon. They even have horns on the sides of their head. Could just be ears, though. Spock ears. lol.

As for downloading MoP’s files, it didn’t happen today. This is good, because it would had made the download longer. I’m guessing it’s the fact because MoP is still in Beta. When it goes Gold, that’s when we’ll get the files. Surely sometime before MoP’s release (they have to). But then, they’ll just push it back another month or so if they feel they need more time to work on it. Which will piss off a lot of people.

The servers went back up four hours after the normal maintenance time, which is 6pm EDT.

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PTR: Other things I’ve found coming with tomorrow’s patch

Posted on 08-27-2012 by Benie

Here’s that blog post I was mentioning yesterday, of what else I’ve seen of this patch that hasn’t been explained yet (some have). This is also the final day of the old talent tree system. May it rest in peace in the minds of every player of WoW, when the servers go back up tomorrow and the patch is official.

First off, dual talent spec still exists. And Dust of Disappearance can be used to remove a specific Talent Tier. If you need to change your spec, class trainers are still available for a “small” fee. But as for Hunters, Pet Trainers should no longer be needed.

Second, Pandarians are in Stormwind and Org. In SW, they’re on the island next to the Cata portals. Their location was shown when Wowhead first got the new pictures of MoP. But they aren’t there to teleport you to their island, they’re there to explore the shattered world. They have a Monk Trainer you can speak to, and a few monks to show off how they walk and talk (and fight). I love how they told me once “You have the eyes of one who has traveled much”. Because it’s very true. I love exploring. Being a dragon and all.
By the way, Pandarian Females apparently can have tails. Now why couldn’t they put them on Worgen, hmm?

They also have a way for you to get your very own Dragon Turtle, which looks nothing like a dragon, but I’m sure it has the temper (and maybe even the intelligence) of one. Sure can’t fly, though. The Pandarian breeder there sells a Tabard with a new faction (a faction not mentioned anywhere in Wowhead for the MoP Beta) that is similar to the capital city factions of getting a mount.
Do any dungeon, get rep, get to Exalted, get a Dragon Turtle. 🙂 And I assume the Dragon Turtle is the Pandarian mount of choice.
I thought I had taken screenshots of this area. I guess I was wrong. I’ll have to tomorrow, since it’ll be the final day of the PTR.
Also, it seems currently impossible to get one of these turtles. I’m wondering if this is either we’re going to have to wait for MoP, or it’s only in the MoP Beta. Because I’ve seen no one riding on one of those turtles.

Another thing, the Pet Battle Trainer is on the other side, on another island. But it seems this is another MoP Beta only feature. How it pisses me off I didn’t get a Beta key.
The system is in the PTR, but it’s not obtainable. I guess we’ll find out a few weeks after the patch goes live.

The Skyfire has returned! The same zeppelin that assisted in stopping Deathwing in the Dragon Soul raid has been repaired and is better than ever. It now works as an Aircraft Carrier. It’s location is Northwest of Stormwind, hovering next to a mountain.
Speaking to the leader of the Skyfire, she mentions about taking the fight to Theramore. So I assume this is where the new Battle of Theramore PvE Scenario will begin. She never acknowledged me as being a Savior of Azeroth, having defeated Deathwing. But that’s fine.

Major Currency (other than Gold) is to be changed, which I personally have no idea why they’re doing this. It feels pointless.
Basically, Valor points will be converted to Justice points. The thing is, you cannot gain anymore Justice points if the number is over the 4000 cap (which I will be). And in two weeks after the patch, all points above the cap will be converted to Gold, in a rate of 47s per Justice point, or 35 silver per Honor point. And the Justice point cap will be reinforced.
This really won’t affect me at all. It’ll just give me some more cash. 🙂 Others say this will ruin Battlegrounds. I say, and if I may quote the Heavy; “CRY SOME MORE”. 😉
As long as they don’t cripple me getting re-geared in Justice gear after hitting Level 90 (after doing what I wanna do first) I’ll be just fine.

There’s one other thing. Not sure if this is related to the patch or not. But I was in GS, sitting on the roof like I usually do, and I was looking at something. Suddenly, the ground shook. I thought it was just someone dueling. But it happened more frequently, like it was footsteps.
I zoom out, and a guy in a fucking Ettin disguise shows up! Soon, there’s four Ettins dueling in GS. It was crazy! I had screenshots, and again it seems as if I never took them. This is weird. I guess I was hitting the screenshot key used in Minecraft instead of WoW.

After that thing, I saw a person fly in on an Onxyian Drake. So it seems we have a new dragon mount. Thankfully, there’s not a Drake that looks like Deathwing. Or I would personally run over, screaming “DIE, BASTARD!!!”. We do have a Lil’ Deathwing pet that comes with the Cata Collector’s Edition, who thankfully doesn’t think about destroying Azeroth and killing everyone with no mercy.

It’s already been noted that we will now be able to share achievements, account-wide. There’s even one that you have to level an Alliance and Horde char to 85 to get it. And I already got that in the bag with Benie and Beefhunter (Beef being my only Level 85 Horde char).
We’ll also be able to share mounts. Which means possibly, I can let Beefhunter use my Dragon Form. But I’ve yet to have confirmation on that. But if he can, he could help future Horde chars I might make. Like a few Pandarian Monks for each faction.
I could also possibly help out one of my chars on my second account get their Vial of the Sands.

The Dungeon Journal will finally show all Dungeons and Raids for Classic and all EPs, including ones in MoP. No more having to go to Wowhead to know how bosses fight. Though it seems all WoTLK dungeons, don’t show any lore info of bosses. I’m guessing this will be added later on.

And that’s pretty much it that I can see. I’m sure Blizzard will do a few surprises in the patch notes that I didn’t cover in this.
In remembrance of SM and Scholo before they are redesigned tomorrow via the patch, I will be soloing them for the very last time on my main server. SM especially, as it was my first solo’d dungeon since hitting Level 70. Both will be missed.

As for how many days ’till the release of MoP, it’s now just less than a month away. 28 days.

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PTR soloing testing / Unwanted changes

Posted on 08-26-2012 by Benie

So, back in the PTR. Found a few more things and added them to my previous post.
Anyway, I decided to try soloing Culling of Strat regular (did Heroic by mistake) to get a feel for the new setup.

I’m flying to the Caverns of Time. The second I move into Thousand Needles, I get a surprised yet unwelcome present; a PvP flag. I check my Player vs Player info. Still set to Disable. I look down. Not flying over a Horde City/Town. So what the FUCK is going on?! I thought.
So I do my best to ignore it, staying in the air, knowing Horde can’t shoot at me up here.
I head into the Caverns of Time. No Horde. Manage to get into the Culling of Strat portal no problem, and the flag is gone.

Doing the run, wow. Lynx Bash makes my pet kick ass! He manages to stop several enemies coming after me, pulling the aggro off me and onto him. And using my gun as a shotgun is cool. I actually do a bit more DPS than I would melee.
So with the dungeon run completed, I head out, not knowing I’m PvP flagged again. Getting ready to leave when I see a Horde on a War Mammoth. This immediately hits me as I’m in serious trouble.
So I quickly pop Aspect of the Cheetah and run, with him staring at me, back to the portal. The guy begins to approach me, then I get the idea (which I should had done in the first place) to go Dragon and fly away. And I did as he’s running down the hall towards me, avoiding humiliation (and death) by his hand.

As I left the scene, I wanted to ask… WHY. WHY is this happening. So I did on the PTR Discussion section of the forum. I knew what I would get myself into by doing that (the immature replies). But I got one that did help shed some light on what was going on. It’s the cross-server zoning thing. Except this is not how it’s going to work when the patch goes live this Tuesday.
It’s due to the fact, only two servers are setup to this thing. Unfortunately, the one I go to is one of those servers. And it’s linked to a PvP server.

Therefore, it makes sense why I went PvP when I should not. Also, the Blizzard rep explained that even when the patch goes live, it’s going to be a few weeks ’till all servers get the cross-realm zoning treatment (if this leads to longer server maintenance times, I have no idea). And when it happens for mine, Alexstrasza will be pared with other PvE (or “Normal”) servers. So I won’t have to worry about this ever again.

You can read more about this feature here, if you wish.

I also solo’d a few more dungeons. The two “new” dungeons of the Pre-MoP patch; SM and Scholo. They’ve both been redesigned, and have new bosses. There’s also a brand new one that combines SM Armory and SM Library into one dungeon, named “Scarlet Halls”. The “new” SM combines SM Graveyard and SM Cath into one dungeon. I haven’t tried Scarlet Halls yet.
I actually think this is a good idea to combine two dungeons into one. Makes it less confusing.

Doing SM and Scholo was hilarious. Most of the time, the boss drops dead the second my pet gets ahold of them. I’ve became that powerful. 🙂 I don’t even give them a chance to attack!
As for Scholo, I actually DIED on the first boss! Protip, attack from the stairs, not the back room. Her ice wave will one-hit kill you. Blizzard may need to nerf that.
And the last boss. Lol. “Class is in session!” *pet bites boss* “Class… dismissed!”. Too funny.
Oh, not to mention that they kept Scholo as intact as they could from the original (unlike when they dumbed down Sunken Temple in Cata), with a few rooms being changed here and there. But at the final boss, they kept the mini-boss rooms intact.

In SM, monks actually preform new Monk abilities in MoP. I can see them being problematic for low levels. But here I see a group of three sitting peacefully by the fountain edge. One Multi-Shot drops them, in perfect sync. Like they never had time to turn around. I just busted out laughing there.

The final boss fight hasn’t changed since the original. You still have to clear out everything before you engage the boss. But in one corner, there’s a pile of dead bodies. If they actually managed to preserve them since I owned SM years ago @ Level 70, is beyond me.
Whitemane has a new trick under her sleeve, though. Before dying, she attempts to raise everyone inside the room back to life to kill you. That seems really nasty for low levels. The only way is to interrupt her resurrection. I don’t know how in the fuck I managed to drop her, when every shot I did bounced off of her.

If that wasn’t bad enough, we also had to get out of that dungeon ASAP. Blizzard was planning to “blow up” the instance with me inside of it (almost as if Blizzard said “This is your final solo of our low level dungeons, Benie! Die now!!”)! AKA, a [SERVER] Restart. But there was a new “[SERVER] Instance restart” message that concerned me greatly. Seriously, though, it would had just kicked me out of the dungeon and resetted it to let me run it again.
So I’m running out, and then forget the quest I’m supposed to do, which is ram these two magical swords into the corpse of Whitemane so she doesn’t come back to life. New quest, by the way.

And that’s where I met Lilian Voss, the same Undead female Death Knight NPC I met in Scholo. She mentions how she’s going to Scholo. So apparently there’s a Horde quest line somewhere around here. Why she pops up in Scholo, when WPL is in Alliance territory, I dunno.

So with time quickly ticking down, I run at all due speed towards the exit, praying a Horde group isn’t there waiting for me. When exiting, I pick up no Horde on radar. Then see a new “[SERVER] Cross realm restart” message. Then when finally outside, I go Dragon and fly away from SM, with only two minutes to spare. Then I land in Chillwind Point and log out as the server shuts down.
That was pretty intense.

But now, I pretty much have nothing else that can’t wait ’till the patch goes live this Tuesday. I do want to try the new Scarlet Halls dungeon, but due to the fact of the PvP thing, it can wait. If the server didn’t go down that night (for god knows why Blizzard brought them down for, and for five minutes), I would had done it there.

I’m going to make another blog post in my “PTR Closing”, of what else I’ve noticed that’s changed with the incoming patch, the day after tomorrow (Tuesday).

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Pre-MoP patch in PTR(why didn’t anyone tell me?!), Hunter changes

Posted on 08-25-2012 by Benie

This finally gives me a chance to see what I’m faced with, in three days from now when the patch goes live. And they weren’t kidding when they said it was a “big patch”. This fucking thing is like 15GB.

So anyway, I’m finally in it. First off, of course my talents are resetted. But this isn’t just from the fact I’m in the PTR again, it’s also the new talent system.
So I played around with it. They did change some tiers around as they said they were back in BlizzCon. But this time it’s finally locked in and will be official.

Level 15, gives your Disengage power an upgrade. I picked the one that frees you from movement-imparing affects. This could be helpful if I ever decide to do BWL again.
Level 30, has improved Stun shots that replace Concussive Shot.
Level 45, has Self-Heals. One being an improved Hawk aspect, and the return of Spirit Bond.
Level 60, controls Focus regen. Fevor is back.
Level 75, I believe has two pet power abilities, and an AoE for you. I chose Lynx Bash over what the tooltip says. How your pet will jump to targets repeatably, attacking 9 times over 4 seconds, and having a 200% DPS boost in the process. That sounds perfect for soloing large groups of enemies.
Lastly, Level 90 which is currently locked, your OP shots. Such as an improved version of Rapid Shot.

Trap Launcher is now a toggable feature (a first for Blizzard), allowing you to launch multiple traps at a single or multiple targets (eg… Ice Trap for one mob, Snake trap for another, and Explosive Trap for a group of mobs in a corner). Really love this feature. Should be useful for my road to Level 90.

Fevor is now improved. It gives an additional 50 Focus over 10 seconds, as well as give you and your pet a “shot” of Focus the second you use it.

So anyway, due to the changes, a few of my old abilities have been removed. Raptor Strike (because we can’t Melee anymore), Steady Shot (now a Marksman only talent. Does make sense), and Immolation Trap (never use anyway. Explosive Trap is better).
Also, I have Trueshot Aura. In Cata and below, you can only get this if you are in a Survival spec. Not anymore! Now you can help your dungeon/raid group out in BM!
Ranged weapons are now carried like 2H weapons, on your back. Mass Effect, anyone? But it’ll look so bad ass with a fucking Sniper Rifle on my back. 🙂

As for the Spellbook, you can no longer have Survival and Marksman talents. But some talents are now part of two talent trees. And the best thing is, when you go BM, the Beast Mastery talent is now part of the Spellbook as a Passive talent, renamed “Beastmaster”.

When it comes to Pets, they also had an upgrade. They, like their masters, can switch between specs now! Also, you don’t have to look for a Cunning pet or a Ferocity pet. You can specify what class you want your pet to be!

And here’s the bad things. Mainly Glyphs. Some glyphs have been removed. Others, used to be talents for BM. Such as Improved Heal Pet which was a BM talent, is now a Glyph. I HAVE to get that glyph.

Another one, no more Pet Talent Tree. When you specify what type of pet you want, you’re stuck with those options only. No more Charge. And no more Natural Armor. I guess they feel with what you get from your own talents is good enough. We’ll see when I get a chance to do a solo.
However, it gives you an option to change your pet’s class on the fly with no cost to you! This is perfect if I find another pet I like in MoP.

There’s also new pet-based Glyphs, such as one that makes your pet immortal when Bestial Wrath is enabled, but it can still take damage.
And a cute little one, is the Fetch glyph. Which tells your pet to loot corpses for you. That will be awesome for soloing.

One last thing I wanted to say, is a new Level 87 talent that I can’t fucking WAIT to get my hands on. It’s called “Stampede”, which pretty much rains down hell on your enemy, summoning every fucking pet you have, even ones in your Stable, for 20 seconds!! 😀 Kick ASS! I can’t wait to do that to a boss. I could imagine soloing Heroics.
Heroic King Yimron. Use that, and he’s going to shit his pants!

Of course, this being an OP talent, it has a reasonable cooldown and 25% less damage that they do normally. But god damn.. that would be overkill on a low level mob.
There’s also a Glyph that prevents all your pets being summoned. Instead, it creates clones of your current pet. Since my pet is a wolf, wow.

And after doing a Culling of Strat run and other dungeons, I feel for the first time ever, that I am ready for this EP.

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Pre-MoP patch coming this Tuesday / Future MoP patches revealed

Posted on 08-23-2012 by Benie

So, I’m at GS, sitting on the roof of the Inn in my dragon form, watching the duelers below, when one of them yells out “exp patch in 5 days!!!” At first I thought “Wait, what? Does he mean XP will be increased?!”, but it was about MoP.
The Pre-MoP patch, actually. So I check Google, and was sickened of what I saw. Apparently, that’s the day that the new talent point system replaces the current one. And we will be forced to think of a new rotation.

I’m worried this may affect the way I solo dungeons (or even level in MoP). I really hope it doesn’t. But if it does, there’s nothing I can do about it. Will this change the Dual Talent Spec mechanic? No idea.

This is all I know currently of this supposed patch. A friend of mine said that this was the way it was a month before Cata’s release, so it’s no surprise to him that Blizzard’s doing this.

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Also, I saw a video that explained something I was a bit shocked about. On the last patch of Cata, Org is going to be under attack by the Alliance to forcefully end Hellscream’s control over the Horde. This also leads to more… troubling news of hearing that possibly.. Stormwind will be under attack? In other words, PvP will be alive and kicking.
Thankfully, being so far away from SW, I won’t have to participate. And I hope that it’s instanced. If it’s not, I still got Ironforge as a backup city.

The video also explains that Blizzard will be doing something it never did before. When MoP is released, it will include a full story instead of doing a bunch of patches to complete it. Then when that part is over, a new patch will be released that will start the PvP Wars.
And then it mentions on the final patch, how “Hellscream goes insane”. Him being a Fel Orc, I’m not surprised.

But yeah. Something to post about.

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A Level 70+ dungeon soloing I will go!…

Posted on 08-22-2012 by Benie

Day 2 of taking a break from the MRT Server, I’ve spent almost all day soloing random Level 70 dungeons. But, these dungeons I have never attempted in soloing. Only one dungeon escaped from being solo’d, though. And that was Blackwing Lair.

Basically, the first boss (which are the first guys you kill in BWL). It’s not the fact I don’t have the DPS. I can kill him. But this boss isn’t the typical “see boss, shoot boss, kill boss, victory!” boss battle. You have to keep the black dragon, Razergore, alive. Or else he causes the eggs in the room to go nuclear, killing everyone including yourself in that room, if he dies before the eggs are destroyed.

There’s only one way to solo this boss, and funny enough, only a Hunter can do it. This is due to Disengage. Goblin classes can also do this. It’s a bug during every add phase, that the adds reset and run out of the room, allowing you to focus on controlling Razergore and destroy the eggs (ironic, I know, but it’s the only way).
I couldn’t do this bug, no matter how hard I tried. I get to the ledge, Disengage, but I either stop short of the other ledge, or when I do actually make it and proceed to do the bug, it doesn’t work. The adds run up to the control rune instead of out of the room.

What sickens me is this can still be done in the current WoW patch (4.3.4), yet I can’t seem to do it right. Well, BWL will be solo’d one day. Sometime in the future when I’m Level 100 or so (or am still alive to even play WoW).

Despite the failure, I racked up three new solo’d dungeons onto my belt. The two dungeons in Dragonblight (Azol Nerub and , and UP. Yes, I kicked King Yimron’s ass all over his throne room!! 😀 And as I type this, I’m planning to do even more dungeon soloing in Northrend!
I’m planning to do Drak’Tharon Keep, and possibly Gundrak. And the two Ulduar dungeons. I’m going to be fucking loaded in cash by tonight. And I need this cash for whatever lies ahead in MoP. I want that sick Chinese Dragon mount!

And no, I will not be soloing The Eye in Netherstorm. The last boss at my current level is impossible to solo. Nor will I solo Black Temple, or Sunwell Plateau. Some have solo’d both, but not me. Not right now. Maybe in the future.
SP alone cannot be solo’d. Period. The first and second boss would be impossible to solo. It’s required you have multiple people to defeat them (and especially know what they’re doing).

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September 25th: official MoP Launch Date, pre-order NOW! / MoP System Specs

Posted on 08-21-2012 by Benie

Well, good news and bad news. The good news is, Blizzard has posted the official launch date for Mists of Pandaria: September 25th, 2012. Which is a month and a few days away at the time of this blog post. I’ve heard news that MoP was going to be released this month, but was delayed to the new date. I’m sure they had their reasons. And in a way, I’m glad. Because it gives me more time to prep.
The bad news, it’s Maintenance Day!!!! And the servers are taking longer than normal to come back up. And as usual, no word as to why.

So anyway, as I “patiently” wait for the servers to come back up in 1-2 hours from now (worst. timing. EVER. to come back to WoW), I might as well talk about the pre-order you can do, for MoP. You can digitally order the game now for $40, or $60 being the Digital Deluxe edition that has all the bells and whistles.
I bought two copies of the Standard edition; one for both my accounts. Costed me near $80, but it’s worth it. Now I’m all set for the release.
Also heard that in the week, or two weeks before the release, you can download a locked version of MoP, and it will unlock the second the game is launched. The reason why we haven’t gotten it yet, they’re still working on it! It needs to go gold first.

Going by the system specs, my computer should handle it pretty good. I just hope it’s “multi-account compatible”. As in, we all know Blizzard doesn’t support people like myself that run two instances of WoW on one computer. But Cataclysm is. Wrath of the Lich King was the only ‘stick in the mud’ when it comes to that.

As for what I plan to do of pre-release and post-release, train up like I did in WotLK; do instances and stuff. Gear up my chars, and then wait a week or two after the release to start my road to Level 90. Also, get their professions up (like Benie’s Fishing skill).
Also have to wait for Mr. Robot to update with its MoP gear to know what to get when it comes time to replace some of my hard-earned PvE gear. Might be interested in doing some of those LFR raid dungeons.
Proven to myself that a soloer for life can take down Deathwing, so there should be no stopping me in doing the many dungeons for MoP.

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