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You know when you just don’t know what to write, but you don’t want to *not* write something? Yep, that’s what’s happened to me today. For the past couple of days actually!

Last night was MH, 4/5 were downed, hopefully the archibutt will go down on sunday (*fingers crossed* come on Lightwalkers, we can do it!!), and I might get to see BT sometime soon too.

I got me some t6 gloves from Ass galore (woot!) so I’m officially rockin now. Or is that hooting? Must check that out…

I’ve been attempting to get some gold together, I think I’ll be getting Maryliin (the hunter) her epic flying mount after all since it’ll make mining (and therefore farming) much easier, but at the same time… epic flying for a farmbot? Will it really be worth it? Ok… another thing to check out. Hmm.

Zackii has been trying to get rep, grinding up his enchanting and tailoring, AND grind gold at the same time. Needless to say that’s not going too well, but he’s getting there! I’m having much more fun getting him geared up than I did with Maryliin, she’s just kinda been left to it really, I just can’t seem to get that ‘into’ my hunter state of mind these days.

I tried a fire spec with him, I *really* tried, but he was just! too! squishy! Plus he kept burning himself, so he’s back to a deep frost build. A really deep frost build. Uh, ok… and ALL frost build. Don’t hit me Mages-Who-Know-Better-Than-Me, please? I mainly solo with him at the moment anyway, unless I’m in an instance, but, but, I just like him specced that way ok?

*sigh*

I know, I know… I need to sort it out right? I’m workin on it, I just love my non-squishy frost spec so much though, and I don’t *really* know what I can do that will increase dps but still let me have my ice barrier. I *love* my ice barrier! I feel so safe inside my ice barrier. Did I mention I like my ice barrier? Well, I do!

You’d think, that with all these level 70s (three!), I’d be contented with trying to gear them, doing dailes and such, but… just a short while after dinging Zackii, I am already getting that leveling itch again. I know  I *should* level my lock if anyone, she’s sitting at 57 and wants to see Outland before the expansion after all.

My stupid brain keeps thinking *shamanshamanshaman*. I swear, the altitis is a hard thing to kick, especially when you like the process of leveling - it’s an addiction!! Gaah!

So, I guess really I have been doing quite a bit in wow recently… off I go to do some more!

/hugs!

Last night was my first ever look at the Archimonde fight and oh my goodness I was so excited - my first ‘proper’ progression raid with Lightwalkers. I came stocked full with pots, food reagents, the wiping hat and of course, a positive attitude to the whole thing. If you don’t think you’re going to down a boss you never will!

We must have had around 15-20 tries on him, with our best attempt getting him down to 36%! Not too shabby and the learning curve was going well.

Our main problem (I think!) was people getting feared into the fire. Once one person goes it’s a wipe - I’ve never tried to stay alive so much in a raid before!! Hmm, that sound’s kinda bad I guess… oh well!

All in all I had an awesome time - I learned a lot and I didn’t mess up for once - go me!

Our next try is on tuesday, just before the week resets… keep your fingers crossed for us!

Well, like the title says, tonight I had my first foray into the old world of Mount Hyjal. I would love to say I had a ton of screenies to show you, but I was kinda busy trying to not let my ass get handed to me on a plate!

I was signed up for back up. Lets face it, my gear ain’t exactly up to par with my t6-clad guildies, but it was me or no one, so I ended up getting the last slot. I was so glad I’d been ready and waiting eagerly just in case, I never actually expected to *ever* see anywhere like Mount Hyjal… not until I was level 80 and doing it just to see what it looked like - much in the same way I have seen Naxx.

My dps was… honestly? Not good. I did better than the tanks but that is literally it. At least I had imp MotW, thorns and faerie fire to help out, and a battle rez of course

The group still seemed to do pretty darn well and we got down Anetheron and Kaz’rogal. I was the only druid there so when the Pillar of Ferocity dropped I got it by default… typical! I’m getting a nice little feral set going now that’s for sure. Next I need to work on my resto kit.

For now I have to work on grinding up the mats for a shadow resistance cloak for Archie, so that’s on the list for the weekend I think.

I really do need to sort out my UI a lil more though… there were quite a few things I haven’t configured yet on grid, and although Phae posted a great write up on how to use it as a druid, the damn addon site was down so I have yet to add the extras to help me out! Once that’s configured I should have a little more room to play around with.

Here’s a nice lil shot of a very dead us killing Kaz’rogal to end with for the night… I was so excited to be there, even though apparently it was a rubbish run compared to the ‘norm’, I still had a blast and look forward to going back!

Edit: Oops… that’s not the death shot now is it? /facepalm

For me at least…

I was minding my own business, we were just about to clear the trash before Netherspite, and the cat decided to jump on my back. Now that was fine, didn’t cause any problems - all good… until the fiesty lil feline decided to jump over my shoulders onto the keyboard, causing me to plunge to my death far, far below.

Ok, I’d been pondering writing something like this for a while, so I thought it was about time I got on with it!

Having just joined a new guild who are raiding the t6 content, my gear isn’t up to scratch. I was just starting SSC before moving to them, so I have a lot of catching up to do. This means I’ve got a lot of re-gemming and enchanting of items to do - both old and new.

There are so many decisions to make I thought I’d better make a list of the best choices for me, so here I am, showing them to you.

Head
Glyph of Power (requires revered with The Sha’tar)

Shoulders
Greater Inscription of Discipline (requires exalted with The Aldor)/ Inscription of Discipline (requires honored with The Aldor)
or
Greater Inscription of the Orb (requires exalted with The Scryers)/ Inscription of the Orb (required honored with The Scryers)

Back
Subtlety

Chest
Restore Mana Prime

Wrist
Spellpower
or
Restore Mana Prime

Hands
Major Spellpower
or
Spell Strike
or
Blasting

Legs
Runic Spellthread

Feet
Vitality

Finger (enchanters only)
Spellpower

Weapons
Spellpower

Have I missed anything out? Anyone got any suggestions on what should or shouldn’t be there, then leave it in the comments and I’ll amend accordingly