WOW Dungeon

Last night I was hanging out in the Horde city Orgrimmar in World of Warcraft and someone put out the word that Alliance forces were gathering to attack. Many players rushed to defend the city and we did so successfully. After seeing the failed attempt at war on our city, we decided to spill even more of their blood in revenge.

We began putting together a group of all Level 80 Horde players to storm all four of the cities listen on the For The Horde achievement. For The Horde requires you to: kill King Wrynn of Stormwind, King Bronzebeard in Ironforge, High Priestess Whisperwind in Darnassus, and Prophet Velen of the Exodar. The reward? Reins of the Black War Bear.

We assembled and began making our way to the first city to attack. We put together a group of 40 horde players and began making our way to attack. We wanted a full 40 man raid to show the amount of vengeance we felt at the time to push back these failed alliance attacks. “FOR THE HORDE!” was yelled as we were on our way to slaying four of their leaders, one after the other.

After slaying the fourth leader the achievement was complete. The alliance did not put up much of a fight at all, nor were the leaders difficult. What do you expect? They are weak foe lead by weak leaders.

The reward for defeating the leaders of the alliance FOR THE HORDE achievement is the Black War bear.

I’ve been leveling up my “Fishing Skill” lately, so I wanted to get ahold of Nat’s Lucky Fishing Pole. If you are looking for this great fishing item, just follow this guide and you too can have it!

To reach Nat Pagle at Nat’s Landing can be tricky so here is a map with his location.

I started by taking a flight to Dustwallow Marsh in search of “Nat’s Landing” ultimately to speak to Nat Pagle and get the quest: “Nat Pagle, Angler Extreme.”

This quest asks you to catch four different fish: Feralas Ahi, Misty Reed Mahi Mahi, Sar’theris Striker, and Savage Coast Blue Sailfin …. so I head out promptly to catch the first and flew to Feralas and made my way to the water hole below Dire Maul on the world map which is called Verdantis River.

Upon catching the Feralas Ahi I made my way back to Camp Mojache ( I play Horde) and then flew to Shadowprey Village to fish for the next fish on the list: Sar’theris Striker just south of the village itself. After a few minutes of fishing my task there was complete so I set my sights on crossing over to the Eastern Kingdoms and making my way to Swamp of Sorrows for the third fish on the list: Misty Reed Mahi Mahi

After getting to Swamp of Sorrows I made my way to Misty Reed Strand and chose the Northeast of the Zone and started casting. once I caught the needed Misty Reed Mahi Mahi, I knew only one fish remained and it was time to head to Stranglethorn Vale to catch me a Savage Coast Blue Sailfin.

To catch the final fish on the list I went to the Southern Savage Coast near Booty Bay and it did not take many casts to complete the quest. The last thing to do now was to head back to Nat Pagle and turn in the quest for my reward: Nat’s Lucky Fishing Pole.

Nat’s Lucky Fishing Pole has a fishing skill bonus of +25 and is a must have item for the fisherman in World of Warcraft!

Last night we did the Heroic dungeon instance: Halls of Lightning.

Here is a screenshot of us fighting the 4th and final boss Loken.

This boss has three attacks to watch out for:

Pulsing Shockwave: Inflicts Nature damage to each player every 2 seconds over the course of the fight. Damage depends on the distance to Loken.

Arc Lightning: Inflicts Nature damage to a random player. Has a chance to jump over to a nearby player.

Lightning Nova: Inflicts Nature damage to all players within 20 yards range. Cast time 5 seconds.

All in all a fun night, ran a few heroic dungeon instances and called it a night as usual.

Hope you’re ready for a dose of good old fashioned Backstabbing Tales of the Tarren Mill Rogue.

Undead rogue level 36
Human warlock level 32

Today I came across a human warlock killing ogres in the Ruins of Alterac near Tarren Mill. His name was Drenalen and he practiced Demonology. I couldn’t wait to stick my daggers in his back.

I stealthed up close enough to observe him and noticed he had a summoned pet and despite my considerable patience, I was trying to finish a quest in the area and needed him to stay away from them Ogres. “Them there’s my ogres” I thought to myself. Melisara in Tarren Mill had given me a quest, The Crown of Will, and I intended on completing it and being on my way back to Booty Bay for some relaxing fun for the weekend.

If I wanted to send a message to this human to stay away from this area, I needed to do it fast. So I waited for the perfect moment to ambush him, and I did so. I wiped Crippling poison on my main hand dagger, and positioned myself behind him. He went down very fast…

When he came back to his body to res, he quickly began casting his Felsteed mount. I knew he had gotten the message… but somehow, I couldn’t resist one more sap. *sap* and then /poke

I backed up waiting to see his next move, letting him decide what his next few minutes would be like… running off into wind of the Ruins, or running back to his body once again. I could easily kill him again, or he could leave. He mounted and ran off. He got the message… stay away from the area.

It took me a fair amount of time to seek out and defeat the Ogres, but I tried to finish up the quest as fast as I could and began to make my way back to Tarren Mill. When low and behold… who do you think I come across yet again?

My good buddy Drenalen. I guess he had not learned the lesson I had taught him earlier. He was now too close to Tarren Mill. I have no mercy and no compassion.

I sapped him, then ambushed him as my crippling poison and deadly poison began entering his veins he could neither run nor defend himself successfully against the onslaught of dagger slices coming at him.

You can see Tarren Mill in the background as I stand over the human warlocks body once again. Knowing exactly why I chose this rogue life, and why I must continue to defend Tarren Mill and the surrounding area from the humans who constantly invade our areas and seek to eradicate our existence.

As always and forever, for Tarren Mill, and For The Horde.

Rogue: Level 29 Undead
Victim: Level 34 Arcane Draenei Mage

Her name Xoaqua, and I found her fishing along the shores of the river outside of Southshore, in Hillsbrad Foothills.

She was neither innocent, nor a weak victim. Her rank and status among the Alliance deemed her a worthy foe, and excellent victim to send a message to the scum allies attacking Tarren Mill.

As a rogue, I always take the time to observe my victims behaviors before attacking, getting to know their movements and patterns, waiting for the perfect moment to strike from the shadows.

Xoaqua was wearing enchanted armor, many pieces reinforced, and was no newcomer to powerful spells.

I crept up behind her slowly after finding the perfect moment to ambush her. I walked softly through the moist grass under the moonlight and slipped my Thornspikes out from the sheaths on my hips. As she stodd there looking into the water watching her fishing lure bobble, I ambushed her. Driving two daggers into her back. My ghostly strike gave me an increased speed as I began slicing her up.

As I expected, she was smart, and quickly cast her Frost Nova spell which locked me in place , frozen in ice. I could not move, but still managed to pull out my trusty throwing dagger and quickly tossed two into her stomach as I waited for the ice to break. She was running away, back to Southshore and was nearing range to call for guards. I anxiously sprint and as the ice broke I charged towards her. She had already begun casting Arcane Missiles my way, and I had a few options, but I needed to think fast hoping she didn’t blink away again and get too far out of range.

Should I just Rupture her stomach open and let her bleed slowly in front of, or Eviscerate her and end this fight now? She dropped to her knees clutching her stomach, there was no way she could stop the bleeding

In her efforts to get away, she managed to call upon the Southshore guards. They attacked hard and fast, and I had to Vanish into the shadows.

As I stood there under the damp trees on the river bank, I felt no remorse for her, and no sympathy. This is war, this is revenge.

For Tarren Mill. For the Horde

Despite my love for instances and group play in WoW, I also like fishing! And look what I earned today, Master Fisherman Achievement.

Fishing in World of Warcraft and especially Wrath of the Lich King, takes a lot of time, like many thing, but it can sure be fun and relaxing.

To get the “Master Fisherman” achievement, you must speak to Juno Dufrain in Zangarmarsh. He is located at the Cenarion Refuge in the Eastern part of Zangarmarsh. He is a fishing skill trainer who will take your skill level to master.

There are quite a few achievements associated with “fishing” in WoW. Early ones include catching 50 Fish, and some of the harder ones consist of catching certain named rare fish in opposing faction towns! All players can learn the fishing skill, but it seems to take a dedicated fisherman to complete them all.

Last night a group of us went and did the famous Leeeeeeeeeeeeeroy! Achievement. Here is a screenshot.

It’s not too hard to do, but can be if not done correctly. You need to have someone run in and pull 50 Rookery Whelps and then kill them all in 15 seconds, so depending on the group this can either be easy or challenging. LOL

We let one of our members run in the room and pull all 50 Rookery Whelps, while the rest of us stayed waiting just outside the room. After pulling and aggroing 50 or more Whelps, he ran back to us as I casted heals on him to keep him alive, he ran towards us and we blasted them all down. Leroy Jenkins achievement complete.

Another fun night and I love my new “Jenkins” title!

For some odd reason, I have been asked to DPS almost every night I have played over the past week or so. I can understand many may not know or understand the role of a holy priest as good as some do, but asking a Holy priest to DPS is not the best idea for a group.

Sure a Holy Priest can spam Smite and Holy Fire (10 second cooldown on this one) spells, but that does not make them the optimal choice for DPS. In fact, this is somewhat similar to asking a Shadow priest to heal! Shadow Priests focus on doing damage, not healing. As I mentioned, Holy Fire has a 10 second CD, so its not a great DPS spell to spam.

Holy Priests spec to heal, not do damage, and while spellpower effects both damage and healing power, a Holy priest is best allowed to do what they do best, and that is to heal.

Although, to take advantage of a group that’s already formed, I have played the role of DPS for a few groups, but that’s only because we had a very good group and my DPS was not really needed, as I was amongst friends. But when it comes to performing under harsh conditions and in time of need during a dungeon instance, a Holy priest is best left to heal, not do damage.

As many Holy Priests, I throw smites and Holy Fire at run away mobs and adds etc… but our main role should always be healing, not doing damage.

I have put every Talent Point I have thus far to better my heals, to heal more efficiently, even grabbing Lightwell, and Spirit of Redemption – I’m Holy, Not DPS.

While it may not be a difficult achievement to accomplish, it is one of my favorites!

Last night upon being summoned to run Blackfathom Deeps the group chat warned me there were “allis” at the stone, so I told them to summon me first so I could heal them through fight… they did.

Upon arriving I immediately began casting heals, it was 3 vs 3, we won.

/hug

Logged on to do a few battlegrounds and got this today on lvl 25 Holy priest. So much for just being a healer… well not really, because I don’t cast any damage spells while in the battlegrounds, well not many. A couple here and there when no one is around to heal and alliance are running towards me, and of course Holy Nova, but I mostly focus on casting heals.

Anyway…

Anyone who complains about not getting honor as a “holy priest” in the battlegrounds, ain’t being a healer! Get out there and heal, and you’ll get plenty of honor and credit for kills! Healing in the BGs in WOW is fun. Yeah you gotta be quick on your toes, but you can really make a difference in the battle.