I know we don't have much of a following (or any...?) at this point but I feel like I've let you, whoever you are, down. Iji keeps finding other games to get distracted by and I'm finally a real person with a job so my gaming time has significantly lessened. Once we both get some time and I get my own account, we'll get back to playing WoW like nobodies business. Oh, and once we get quality computers. My laptop isn't exactly a beast...
We've been playing Minecraft together but it isn't very easy to blog about. They would be the most boring posts ever. We're considering starting -drum roll- A LET'S PLAY! We definitely can't start it until one of us has a sexy beast computer but we've come up with some smashing ideas :D
Anywho, I wanted to apologize for being absent. I figure someone missed me. Anyone?
It's cool, I wouldn't fess up to it either.
Love and groping,
Ixi
P.S. I think I'm going to start my own blog soon. A more personal one about the life and times of me. I may not be super exciting but I feel that my constant internal dialogue has a place on the internet.
Friday, November 23, 2012
Monday, November 5, 2012
Pet Battle Battle-Stones
I'm only going to cover the one I deem the most important.
BATTLE-STONES
Polished and Flawless Battle-Stones are going to not only make some of your vendor pet favorites more viable but could also increase their value on the AH.
Although the vendor pets market took a huge hit with the introduction of pet battles on my realm I still make enough profit to not duck out of it completely. I can see more pets being valuable now that rarity will be a non-issue.
Part of me wanted to make this post as thorough as possible and provide some examples of currently underpowered pets that could be considerably bolstered by the advent of the battle stones. The other part of me was way more excited than any grown man should be about WoW pet battles and I giggled all the way to my PC to write this up as quickly as possible. (There may have been skipping involved)
I may come back and add some examples after playing around with it for a while. Til then, thanks for reading my rant!
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Friday, November 2, 2012
Cross Realm Auction House
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| Coming soon to an AH near you! |
This will also be my first "gold making" post! Excited to get started so let's get to the topic.
Cross Realm Auction Houses? What's Your Opinion?
Is the CRAH a good or bad idea? What would you predict would happen to the auction economy? Does the notion excite or horrify you? Would a CRAH [b]e good or bad for WoW?
Ok, so apparently during a World of Warcraft Developer AMA, Tom Chilton said,
I hope Tom Chilton's idea of a "viable economy" is the same as mine.
I think the Cross Realm Auction House is a horrible idea.
For sellers this would mean WAY more competition. Any Goblin with a massive amount of gold to spend may be able to completely dominate a market for a while, but even then I can't see it lasting very long. I think everything would eventually tank to the point where Goblin's will be making very little, if any, profit on anything.
Think about the idiots that steeply undercut on your server alone. Market price 500g? They don't know/care. They'll post for 100g all day, every day and undercut by 1g+ every time they see someone undercut them. It would turn into the glyph market all over again.
Cross Realm Zones are already a problem for farmers. More so for the casual that farms just to make a little gold on the side, than the hardcore farmers. (Read: Botters)
Cross Faction profits would tank as well because there would be more supply in their everyday AH.
On a smaller server you can easily control markets and to some extent create demand. That kind of market manipulation would be gone with the CRAH. You could say goodbye to your niche markets
For a buyer though I could see this as a huge boon. Even more so if you happen to be on a low population realm. That's where the good aspects of the CRAH would end though.
TL;DR - Your profit margin might be so small your time would be better spent in a dungeon than at the AH.
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"... With regard to the auction house, I can imagine a future where we might decide to make auction houses cross-server. It's not something to jump into lightly, but there may be ways to design a cross-realm auction house that ensures a viable economy without getting "too big"."
I hope Tom Chilton's idea of a "viable economy" is the same as mine.
I think the Cross Realm Auction House is a horrible idea.
For sellers this would mean WAY more competition. Any Goblin with a massive amount of gold to spend may be able to completely dominate a market for a while, but even then I can't see it lasting very long. I think everything would eventually tank to the point where Goblin's will be making very little, if any, profit on anything.
Think about the idiots that steeply undercut on your server alone. Market price 500g? They don't know/care. They'll post for 100g all day, every day and undercut by 1g+ every time they see someone undercut them. It would turn into the glyph market all over again.
Cross Realm Zones are already a problem for farmers. More so for the casual that farms just to make a little gold on the side, than the hardcore farmers. (Read: Botters)
Cross Faction profits would tank as well because there would be more supply in their everyday AH.
On a smaller server you can easily control markets and to some extent create demand. That kind of market manipulation would be gone with the CRAH. You could say goodbye to your niche markets
For a buyer though I could see this as a huge boon. Even more so if you happen to be on a low population realm. That's where the good aspects of the CRAH would end though.
TL;DR - Your profit margin might be so small your time would be better spent in a dungeon than at the AH.
@IjiXD (Iji) & @IxiXD (Ixi)
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/cast Vanish
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Rogue PvP in MoP
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| Rogue class crest is so sexy. |
"they should put blind on a 10 second cooldown make combat readiness baseline and change it to a 40% damage shield wall, give us a better recup called dark recuperation that heals us to full health but is on a short cooldown
shiv should have no cooldown and have a huge aoe radius and stun anyone that stands in it, we should be able to teleport and summon demons and use chaos bolt" ~ Unseenz of ArenaJunkiesThis had me rolling on the floor in laughter, but in all seriousness Rogues are in need of some tweaking for PvP.
The main QQ I see in various Rogue forums is that we don't put out enough damage. Being a pure damage class you'd think that wouldn't be an issue.
Rogues don't put out enough burst damage in PvP but our sustained damage is phenomenal according to PvE parses. It's mostly white hits though. I would take a 90% nerf to our white damage to improve our finishers by 25%. So much of our energy and combo points go to just keeping up Slice and Dice/Rupture that we don't frequently use our finishers.
I'm really missing Prep but Step is essential. Our mobility is bad enough as it is. Shadowstep or Preperation needs to be baseline. I would kill for Prep again.
I always thought that Rogues and Feral Druids should be the fastest classes on foot. Agile, nimble, speedy.
At the moment some other classes can kite us with no snares up on us. That's just sad. Our mobility is lacking severely.
So they gave us 45 sec sprint and a 1 min blind but CC wasn't where we were weak and having sprint up more doesn't matter when you're rooted. I think Sprint should break snares/roots. That would solve a lot of our mobility issues.
The blind change brings us more in line with the Warrior AoE Fear CD but I think Blind was fine the way it was. If anything Warrior's fear could use a longer CD.
It's sad when you love playing a class and you see class icons like Neilyo and Reckful both rerolling.
When you're feeling down about your PvP performance just remember that rogues still offer amazing control. Rogues damage outside of cooldowns is mediocre but the utility is still there
I don't know how they could fix rogues damage and mobility in PvP without giving an even bigger advantage in PvE. Hang in there guys. This stuff happens to every class and Blizz always ends up buffing, even if it does take them an entire Xpac.
Some resources to check out if you're serious about PvP:
ArenaJunkies (Check out Vishas and Hildegard's rogue guide - approved by Reckful)
SkillCapped (Even just the free videos can be a big help sometimes. Watch other class videos as well to get an idea on how they play and how they could counter you.)
WarcraftMovies
If you have anymore PvP or Rogue resources I don't know about let me know in the comments!
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Saturday, October 27, 2012
Adventures in Troll-dom
I mean Troll like the race, not the jerk with a lot of free time.
So in my last post I talked a little about this wondrous experience but I thought I'd elaborate about actual gameplay. Imagine that. I was really excited about playing a druid because I really like the idea of being able to turn into a cat and eat peoples faces and such. But of course it turns out that I'm pretty bad at melee classes. It's not much of a surprise since movement isn't my strong suit but I was a little upset. That is until I tried playing a Hunter. Oh hohoho! The stories I could tell!
I made a Blood Elf Hunter for a few reasons. I thought it'd be a good idea to try a ranged class and I want to collect pets (here meaning cats) like an actual psycho. The Blood Elf part was mostly for the lore. I find them to be a pretentious race, though. Regardless, I really enjoyed playing and it's my highest level character so far. It's only twenty something but I think I'm a big deal and you can't refute that. Mostly because I won't let you. In lieu of my enjoyment with the class, I switched servers and made a Pandaren Hunter and it was a great decision for me.
I don't know how those of you that have been playing longer feel about the Pandaren but I love them. I didn't level as quickly without awesome gear but I didn't mind because of the quest line. With the Trolls and Blood Elves I was like "alright fine, I'll help. I am pretty wonderful so you were smart to ask for my assistance." HOWEVER! The Pandaren quests really got me excited *suggestive eyebrows*. I got into the story and was excited to meet each new challenge. I doubt many of you haven't played one already but for those of you that haven't (including Iji) I won't go into detail.
I must say, the dude Pandaren are just... fat. I get wanting to play a female though I don't like my animals to have curves, anthropomorphic or not. It made me a little itchy at first. That aside I really recommend at least getting through the starter zone. I had a grand old time and it's not like it's a time-consuming venture.
I plan to keep playing at least one of my Hunters but aside from that I'm not sure what to do next. I'll try new classes and hope that something sticks. The only downside is that Iji and I are poor hobos so who knows how long we'll be able to play D: That aside, I'm happy about my recent gaming experiences and I like sharing my -insert appropriate adjective here- stories with you. You're aaaaaaaaall special.
-Ixi
P.S. I think the Blood Elf pet is pretty sweet. I get irritated by the noise it's wings make but just based on appearance I love it. And the Pandaren turtle makes a silly noise when it walks.
So in my last post I talked a little about this wondrous experience but I thought I'd elaborate about actual gameplay. Imagine that. I was really excited about playing a druid because I really like the idea of being able to turn into a cat and eat peoples faces and such. But of course it turns out that I'm pretty bad at melee classes. It's not much of a surprise since movement isn't my strong suit but I was a little upset. That is until I tried playing a Hunter. Oh hohoho! The stories I could tell!
I made a Blood Elf Hunter for a few reasons. I thought it'd be a good idea to try a ranged class and I want to collect pets (here meaning cats) like an actual psycho. The Blood Elf part was mostly for the lore. I find them to be a pretentious race, though. Regardless, I really enjoyed playing and it's my highest level character so far. It's only twenty something but I think I'm a big deal and you can't refute that. Mostly because I won't let you. In lieu of my enjoyment with the class, I switched servers and made a Pandaren Hunter and it was a great decision for me.
I don't know how those of you that have been playing longer feel about the Pandaren but I love them. I didn't level as quickly without awesome gear but I didn't mind because of the quest line. With the Trolls and Blood Elves I was like "alright fine, I'll help. I am pretty wonderful so you were smart to ask for my assistance." HOWEVER! The Pandaren quests really got me excited *suggestive eyebrows*. I got into the story and was excited to meet each new challenge. I doubt many of you haven't played one already but for those of you that haven't (including Iji) I won't go into detail.
I must say, the dude Pandaren are just... fat. I get wanting to play a female though I don't like my animals to have curves, anthropomorphic or not. It made me a little itchy at first. That aside I really recommend at least getting through the starter zone. I had a grand old time and it's not like it's a time-consuming venture.
I plan to keep playing at least one of my Hunters but aside from that I'm not sure what to do next. I'll try new classes and hope that something sticks. The only downside is that Iji and I are poor hobos so who knows how long we'll be able to play D: That aside, I'm happy about my recent gaming experiences and I like sharing my -insert appropriate adjective here- stories with you. You're aaaaaaaaall special.
-Ixi
P.S. I think the Blood Elf pet is pretty sweet. I get irritated by the noise it's wings make but just based on appearance I love it. And the Pandaren turtle makes a silly noise when it walks.
Friday, October 26, 2012
Countering Overpowered Battle Pets
The distraction that prevented me from leveling for days at a time.
I, admittedly, do love the Pokemon series and being able to use my beloved vanity pets in WoW in a Pokemon like mini-game makes me happy.
^_________________^
That happy.
I actually can't say it's all the battle pets' fault. I think I just suck at leveling. Now that I'm going to be leveling my stealthies to 90 I'm actually considering buying a guide like Zygor or something, but that's for another day. Back to battle pets.
I've noticed a few "overpowered" battle pets. I figured someone out there could probably use some help getting past some of them so I'm going to provide you with some quality pets and how they're frequently used.
Pandaren Monk
QQ: Takedown, Focus Chi, and Fury of 1000 Fists. The only real fear is if they manage to stun you. The best thing to do when you get stunned is switch pets. They are really hard hitters so your best bet is to just beat them down. Trying to stall out a Pandaren Monk is pretty difficult in tit's current state.
Counter: Use a pet with an Undead attack. Even better if it's a Beast.
Any Spider will do. Maggots do well too.
Any pet with a move that dodges, blocks, or reflects can do well too. Flayer Youngling comes to mind.
TLDR - My favorite has been a Spider. Easy to obtain and they are a Beast with an Undead attack. In addition to that, their attack recovers some much needed health.
Any Frog
QQ: Frogs are fast and Frog Kiss is a real pain.
I'm sure that it really is only a 25% chance but it doesn't feel that way at all when you get turned into a frog 4 times in a row.
Counter: Anything with a flying attack should do. I don't know if there's anything that will prevent or lower the chance of transformation. You could also opt for a magic pet to take less damage from Frog Kiss.
The only thing that could trip you up is if they're using Lifelike Toad, a mechanical type.
TLDR - Enchanted Broom is magic and learns Sandstorm, a flying type move.
Clockwork Gnome
QQ: Speaking of Mechanical types...
Build Turret. Period.
They can set up 2 Turrets and swap out to a staller like a crab (we'll get to these fuckers soon)
Counter: There are actually quite a lot! Let's start the list.
ANY elemental. Mechanical pets take more and deal less damage against elementals.
Pets with moves that destroy objects like Tidal Wave and Magma Wave
TLDR - Lil' Ragnaros is elemental and learns Magma Wave.
Magical Crawdad/Any Crab
QQ: They can whittle you down while they laugh at you and your ineffectiveness.
Between Shell Shield and Renewing Mists, Healing Wave or Wish, they can shut you down.
Counter: Honestly I didn't have a strat aside from attack til it dies... If it dies. I kept going through my flying types til I found Gilnean Raven.
Either of the first slot abilities are fine.
Call Darkness reduces the amount they can heal by 50%
For the last slot I prefer Nevermore over Nocturnal Strike, but often times it doesn't work out to your favor.
With Nevermore whether it stops their shield or healing you should be able to beat em up before it becomes usable again. They could, however, use an attack instead and get that disabled so they can continue stalling.
TLDR - Gilnean Raven can halve their healing and attack effectively with flying attacks.
Chew users (Esp. in combination with Stampede and Soothe)
QQ: This combo was a serious pain. I think the only people that liked sheep and rams were users of this strat. Luckily it got nerfed but it can still hurt in the right hands.
For a while there I was seeing triple Summit Kid users in PvP.
Counter: Magic pets because they can't take more than 50% life in one turn.
Anything that can reflect damage/block damage. I can't think of any in particular right now except Flayer Youngling.
TLDR - Flayer Youngling take less damage from critter attacks and can reflect damage. To be honest, you don't have to worry about this strat anymore. I started this post before Chew got nerfed.
I've heard that Lil' Rag and Lil' Deathwing are OP too but I haven't faced either one in PvP yet so I don't feel I can accurately assess them. I have a Lil' Rag but I only ever used it to beat the Gnome. Eventually I dropped it from my team because it felt too slow.
Ultimately I don't feel that any one pet is OP (anymore... *cough* chew *cough*). There are counters to everything. Even when Chew was still a bastard move it could be countered with a little know how.
If you wanna plan a team or get a better idea of what's out there, check out:
http://www.warcraftpets.com and http://www.petbattlearena.com
If anyone has any other pet battle resources, or anymore strats/counters I've left out, leave a comment!
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PS - I published a more refined version on Squidoo!
http://www.squidoo.com/countering-overpowered-battle-pets
Give it a look. I may update the blog version as well. The only thing I left out of the Squidoo version was a lot of the links (moves, etc)
I, admittedly, do love the Pokemon series and being able to use my beloved vanity pets in WoW in a Pokemon like mini-game makes me happy.
^_________________^
That happy.
I actually can't say it's all the battle pets' fault. I think I just suck at leveling. Now that I'm going to be leveling my stealthies to 90 I'm actually considering buying a guide like Zygor or something, but that's for another day. Back to battle pets.
I've noticed a few "overpowered" battle pets. I figured someone out there could probably use some help getting past some of them so I'm going to provide you with some quality pets and how they're frequently used.
Pandaren Monk
QQ: Takedown, Focus Chi, and Fury of 1000 Fists. The only real fear is if they manage to stun you. The best thing to do when you get stunned is switch pets. They are really hard hitters so your best bet is to just beat them down. Trying to stall out a Pandaren Monk is pretty difficult in tit's current state.
Counter: Use a pet with an Undead attack. Even better if it's a Beast.
Any Spider will do. Maggots do well too.
Any pet with a move that dodges, blocks, or reflects can do well too. Flayer Youngling comes to mind.
TLDR - My favorite has been a Spider. Easy to obtain and they are a Beast with an Undead attack. In addition to that, their attack recovers some much needed health.
Any Frog
QQ: Frogs are fast and Frog Kiss is a real pain.
I'm sure that it really is only a 25% chance but it doesn't feel that way at all when you get turned into a frog 4 times in a row.
Counter: Anything with a flying attack should do. I don't know if there's anything that will prevent or lower the chance of transformation. You could also opt for a magic pet to take less damage from Frog Kiss.
The only thing that could trip you up is if they're using Lifelike Toad, a mechanical type.
TLDR - Enchanted Broom is magic and learns Sandstorm, a flying type move.
Clockwork Gnome
QQ: Speaking of Mechanical types...
Build Turret. Period.
They can set up 2 Turrets and swap out to a staller like a crab (we'll get to these fuckers soon)
Counter: There are actually quite a lot! Let's start the list.
ANY elemental. Mechanical pets take more and deal less damage against elementals.
Pets with moves that destroy objects like Tidal Wave and Magma Wave
TLDR - Lil' Ragnaros is elemental and learns Magma Wave.
Magical Crawdad/Any Crab
QQ: They can whittle you down while they laugh at you and your ineffectiveness.
Between Shell Shield and Renewing Mists, Healing Wave or Wish, they can shut you down.
Counter: Honestly I didn't have a strat aside from attack til it dies... If it dies. I kept going through my flying types til I found Gilnean Raven.
Either of the first slot abilities are fine.
Call Darkness reduces the amount they can heal by 50%
For the last slot I prefer Nevermore over Nocturnal Strike, but often times it doesn't work out to your favor.
With Nevermore whether it stops their shield or healing you should be able to beat em up before it becomes usable again. They could, however, use an attack instead and get that disabled so they can continue stalling.
TLDR - Gilnean Raven can halve their healing and attack effectively with flying attacks.
Chew users (Esp. in combination with Stampede and Soothe)
QQ: This combo was a serious pain. I think the only people that liked sheep and rams were users of this strat. Luckily it got nerfed but it can still hurt in the right hands.
For a while there I was seeing triple Summit Kid users in PvP.
Counter: Magic pets because they can't take more than 50% life in one turn.
Anything that can reflect damage/block damage. I can't think of any in particular right now except Flayer Youngling.
TLDR - Flayer Youngling take less damage from critter attacks and can reflect damage. To be honest, you don't have to worry about this strat anymore. I started this post before Chew got nerfed.
I've heard that Lil' Rag and Lil' Deathwing are OP too but I haven't faced either one in PvP yet so I don't feel I can accurately assess them. I have a Lil' Rag but I only ever used it to beat the Gnome. Eventually I dropped it from my team because it felt too slow.
Ultimately I don't feel that any one pet is OP (anymore... *cough* chew *cough*). There are counters to everything. Even when Chew was still a bastard move it could be countered with a little know how.
If you wanna plan a team or get a better idea of what's out there, check out:
http://www.warcraftpets.com and http://www.petbattlearena.com
If anyone has any other pet battle resources, or anymore strats/counters I've left out, leave a comment!
If you like our blog follow us on Twitter!
@IjiXD (Iji) & @IxiXD (Ixi)
#showtooltip Iji
/cast Vanish
PS - I published a more refined version on Squidoo!
http://www.squidoo.com/countering-overpowered-battle-pets
Give it a look. I may update the blog version as well. The only thing I left out of the Squidoo version was a lot of the links (moves, etc)
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Level 90! or am I?
So, after countless distractions (pet battles, I'm looking at you) I finally made it to 90!
I started queuing up for BG's as Ele but after realizing that no amount of THUNDAH would help some of these nubs I switched back to Enhancement.
I would have more RBG viability as Ele for the knockback but I enjoy melee too much! So after wasting about 6000 HP on Ele gear I started buying Enh gear only to find out that my guild is short on stealthies and won't run me as Enh...
>.>
<.<
So I decided to dust off my stealthies and start leveling them.
I'm excited because my first 2 classes were Druid and Rogue. Even thought I loved them to death I was a die-hard Enh Shammy for the longest time and I felt like I NEEDED a main and that I couldn't spend to much time on my alts. Since my highest level was Shammy at the time I just stuck with it.
I've forgotten how much fun stealthing is. Both my stealthies are still only mid 20's on this realm which is kind of disheartening. I just got to level 90 and I've already abandoned my Shammy and must now embark on a quest to get one of the others to 90 T_T.
I have a level 85 rogue and druid on my Horde realm, but now that me and Ixi play together I think we're gonna be sticking to Alliance. That's fine by me! There are Dwarves here! My only issue with that is that I do not want to pay to transfer and faction change my toons.
Either way I was going to be leveling all of my toons to 90 eventually anyway so I could use more professions in my AH PvP, I just didn't expect it to be so soon.
Now I only get on Shaman to do dailies so I can get the new Enchanting stuff from... uh... Those Panda's with the Enchanting stuff. (You know the ones)
Since I was predominantly on my Horde realm I have no BoA gear on my Alli realm so I'm farming Honor to convert to JP since it seems faster than running dungeons. Only things I need now for my Rogue are off-hand dagger and Head/Chest. Then I just need the new BoA Staff for my Druid!
I've decided I'm not gonna stress when I get to 90 on my Rogue/Druid. I'll probably miss out on this Season but I don't wanna treat WoW like it's my job and get burnt out again. I'm gonna have fun with it.
We'll see how this all works out later!
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I started queuing up for BG's as Ele but after realizing that no amount of THUNDAH would help some of these nubs I switched back to Enhancement.
I would have more RBG viability as Ele for the knockback but I enjoy melee too much! So after wasting about 6000 HP on Ele gear I started buying Enh gear only to find out that my guild is short on stealthies and won't run me as Enh...
>.>
<.<
So I decided to dust off my stealthies and start leveling them.
I'm excited because my first 2 classes were Druid and Rogue. Even thought I loved them to death I was a die-hard Enh Shammy for the longest time and I felt like I NEEDED a main and that I couldn't spend to much time on my alts. Since my highest level was Shammy at the time I just stuck with it.
I've forgotten how much fun stealthing is. Both my stealthies are still only mid 20's on this realm which is kind of disheartening. I just got to level 90 and I've already abandoned my Shammy and must now embark on a quest to get one of the others to 90 T_T.
I have a level 85 rogue and druid on my Horde realm, but now that me and Ixi play together I think we're gonna be sticking to Alliance. That's fine by me! There are Dwarves here! My only issue with that is that I do not want to pay to transfer and faction change my toons.
Either way I was going to be leveling all of my toons to 90 eventually anyway so I could use more professions in my AH PvP, I just didn't expect it to be so soon.
Now I only get on Shaman to do dailies so I can get the new Enchanting stuff from... uh... Those Panda's with the Enchanting stuff. (You know the ones)
Since I was predominantly on my Horde realm I have no BoA gear on my Alli realm so I'm farming Honor to convert to JP since it seems faster than running dungeons. Only things I need now for my Rogue are off-hand dagger and Head/Chest. Then I just need the new BoA Staff for my Druid!
I've decided I'm not gonna stress when I get to 90 on my Rogue/Druid. I'll probably miss out on this Season but I don't wanna treat WoW like it's my job and get burnt out again. I'm gonna have fun with it.
We'll see how this all works out later!
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@IjiXD (Iji) & @IxiXD (Ixi)
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/cast Vanish
Friday, October 19, 2012
Good news, everyone!
I have officially started playing WoW *bows*
I made a Troll druid because trolls have the niftiest hair styles and I like being able to turn into a cat. According to Iji it gets really complicated later though so I'm super excited for that... As if I wasn't spastic already. I'm gonna have to keep track of so many things D:
Speaking (sort of) of Iji, I'm really awful at being taught something by a family member or loved one. He keeps trying to help me out with a few things and every time he does I get nervous and flustered. It really has nothing to do with him, I just don't like being reminded that I'm not instantly great at everything.
Anyways, thanks to some BoA gear I'm leveling pretty quickly. Do I take credit for it even though it's thanks to my life mate that I own said gear? Yes. Yes I do. Shamelessly. He's encouraged (here meaning almost forced) me to make a hunter and mage as well so those are in the works as I type. My only concern is that WoW is very addictive and we only have one computer to play on. We share like good kids but eventually he wants to start playing pretty frequently and I don't want to get left out. Until we can save up for another PC, I'll just have to play when he's not around. Gamer problems, amirite?
Feel free to leave me tips because I'm frequently sad and confused. You can comment below or tweet me if you'd like. I'm not exactly a big deal but just you wait, internets. You will be mine.
@IxiXD
Love and e-rage,
Ixi
I made a Troll druid because trolls have the niftiest hair styles and I like being able to turn into a cat. According to Iji it gets really complicated later though so I'm super excited for that... As if I wasn't spastic already. I'm gonna have to keep track of so many things D:
Speaking (sort of) of Iji, I'm really awful at being taught something by a family member or loved one. He keeps trying to help me out with a few things and every time he does I get nervous and flustered. It really has nothing to do with him, I just don't like being reminded that I'm not instantly great at everything.
Anyways, thanks to some BoA gear I'm leveling pretty quickly. Do I take credit for it even though it's thanks to my life mate that I own said gear? Yes. Yes I do. Shamelessly. He's encouraged (here meaning almost forced) me to make a hunter and mage as well so those are in the works as I type. My only concern is that WoW is very addictive and we only have one computer to play on. We share like good kids but eventually he wants to start playing pretty frequently and I don't want to get left out. Until we can save up for another PC, I'll just have to play when he's not around. Gamer problems, amirite?
Feel free to leave me tips because I'm frequently sad and confused. You can comment below or tweet me if you'd like. I'm not exactly a big deal but just you wait, internets. You will be mine.
@IxiXD
Love and e-rage,
Ixi
Saturday, October 6, 2012
PvP Nao?!
I was going to write a blog post on MoP-lessness. It was going to be about how to make gold even without MoP, but then I got MoP and I've lost the will to finish it. Now I want to PvP!
I really want to finish leveling my Shammy to 90 and make a Monk now. I want to so badly that I haven't even been to the AH since I got MoP. I've just left the stuff that didn't sell sit in the mailbox. On top of that I have to set up all my TSM lists again because I had to wipe my PC and my internet has been less than reliable. Hopefully I can finish leveling over the weekend so I can PvP again. I'll probably try setting up my TSM lists in between BG queues.
Well, we'll see how that goes. My mind has been everywhere lately. Hopefully I can focus on one thing long enough to get something done.
Monday, October 1, 2012
Sweet Tiny Victories
I've done it, everyone. I've entered the nether. I entered the nether and I made it my bitch!
Okay, it wasn't really that exciting or impressive but if you read my previous post about Minecraft, then you know how terrified I was of the nether. Correction: how terrified I AM of the nether. But I decided to put my man pants on and try it out. I like my man pants because they flatter my figure.
The first trip in wasn't eventful at all. My original plan was to get in, build a little cobblestone shield around my nether portal, get a few stacks of netherrack, and get the hell out. With much swiftness. Fortunately, my curiosity got the best of me so I took another dive down the rabbit hole. This venture was much more exciting and only almost made me pee my pants.
I'm digging myself out of this little cave and BAM! Ghast. It clearly didn't like my ethnicity (ghasts are known racists) so it shot it's fiery crap at me. There I am, on fire, wasting water because I totally forgot that it's useless in the nether, making a weird "nehhh" noise that I most definitely have used to scare off the locals. Luckily, it stopped and I didn't die which was like winning the Olympics for me. I washed my man pants and put them back on so I could go kill the ghast and dance around it's corpse. I considered leaving after that but I really wanted some glowstone because it's purdy so I viciously slew a few zombie pig men and got dat stone. Then went "home" and cried.
The moral of the story is that trying new things blows.
But sometimes it doesn't totally blow.
Stay tuned for more... whatever it is that I do!
With mild contempt.
-Ixi and her dry clean only man pants
Okay, it wasn't really that exciting or impressive but if you read my previous post about Minecraft, then you know how terrified I was of the nether. Correction: how terrified I AM of the nether. But I decided to put my man pants on and try it out. I like my man pants because they flatter my figure.
The first trip in wasn't eventful at all. My original plan was to get in, build a little cobblestone shield around my nether portal, get a few stacks of netherrack, and get the hell out. With much swiftness. Fortunately, my curiosity got the best of me so I took another dive down the rabbit hole. This venture was much more exciting and only almost made me pee my pants.
I'm digging myself out of this little cave and BAM! Ghast. It clearly didn't like my ethnicity (ghasts are known racists) so it shot it's fiery crap at me. There I am, on fire, wasting water because I totally forgot that it's useless in the nether, making a weird "nehhh" noise that I most definitely have used to scare off the locals. Luckily, it stopped and I didn't die which was like winning the Olympics for me. I washed my man pants and put them back on so I could go kill the ghast and dance around it's corpse. I considered leaving after that but I really wanted some glowstone because it's purdy so I viciously slew a few zombie pig men and got dat stone. Then went "home" and cried.
The moral of the story is that trying new things blows.
But sometimes it doesn't totally blow.
Stay tuned for more... whatever it is that I do!
With mild contempt.
-Ixi and her dry clean only man pants
Sunday, September 30, 2012
I'll take "Personal Questions" for $400
I really like getting to know people though I prefer internet friends because I never know what to do with my hands when I talk to people. That said I have a few questions for our lovely readers that I'm not sure even exist yet. Not that they don't exist as people but that they don't read the blog yet. I mean, the blog was a fetus just a few days ago. A figurative fetus. Moving swiftly onward!
Questions!
What was the first game (video game, card game, etc.) that you played seriously?
In game music or personal playlist?
Where are you from? Feel free to be vague. Stalking is more fun when it's a challenge.
I LOVE talking about myself so if you cuties have any questions or just wanna talk about your feelings feel free to ask here or on das Twitter.
Serious gamers and generally normal people might want to ask Iji some questions but I can't promise that I won't answer those too.
With inappropriate affection,
Ixi
Please note that the stalking bit was a joke. And even if it wasn't, I'd be too shy to show up to your house and watch you make sandwiches.
Questions!
What was the first game (video game, card game, etc.) that you played seriously?
In game music or personal playlist?
Where are you from? Feel free to be vague. Stalking is more fun when it's a challenge.
I LOVE talking about myself so if you cuties have any questions or just wanna talk about your feelings feel free to ask here or on das Twitter.
Serious gamers and generally normal people might want to ask Iji some questions but I can't promise that I won't answer those too.
With inappropriate affection,
Ixi
Please note that the stalking bit was a joke. And even if it wasn't, I'd be too shy to show up to your house and watch you make sandwiches.
The Newbie Chronicles
This is a gaming blog but I'm not a gamer. Not yet, anyways.
I dabbled in a handful of games when I was small; first person shooters, turn-based, racing, rpg. Turns out I didn't know what I was doing and I certainly didn't know what being a gamer meant. With the help of crazy internet users both foreign and domestic and a guy who sleeps in my room, I'm on my way to gaming competency.
My latest "project" is Minecraft and I must say I made a great choice. Don't misunderstand, I'm awful at it. I'm genuinely terrified of all the monsters and I'm horribly inefficient. Luckily, Iji apparently doesn't mind being my personal encyclopedia so I have made some progress. I have a house, enough diamond that I don't need to hoard it (but choose to anyways), a mostly navigable mine, and I'm preparing to venture into the nether, preparing here meaning ready but avoiding.
Here's my problem with the nether: it's scary. I watched Iji wander around there and it just looked like Hell. Actual Hell. I expected the Robot Devil to pop up and say things that my mother wouldn't like. Regardless, I've made most of my nether preparations and hopefully one of my next blog posts will recount all of the details of me running around and screaming about how awful it is.
I titled this post "The Newbie Chronicles" because that's what I want this to be; a series of accounts of my gaming experiences. Hopefully Iji and I will be able to make some videos as well because our in-game banter is hilarious.
If you're reading this then you're either generous or have great taste and I thank you and love you more than is socially acceptable.
-Ixi
Tweet us naughty things: @IxiXD @IjiXD
I dabbled in a handful of games when I was small; first person shooters, turn-based, racing, rpg. Turns out I didn't know what I was doing and I certainly didn't know what being a gamer meant. With the help of crazy internet users both foreign and domestic and a guy who sleeps in my room, I'm on my way to gaming competency.
My latest "project" is Minecraft and I must say I made a great choice. Don't misunderstand, I'm awful at it. I'm genuinely terrified of all the monsters and I'm horribly inefficient. Luckily, Iji apparently doesn't mind being my personal encyclopedia so I have made some progress. I have a house, enough diamond that I don't need to hoard it (but choose to anyways), a mostly navigable mine, and I'm preparing to venture into the nether, preparing here meaning ready but avoiding.
Here's my problem with the nether: it's scary. I watched Iji wander around there and it just looked like Hell. Actual Hell. I expected the Robot Devil to pop up and say things that my mother wouldn't like. Regardless, I've made most of my nether preparations and hopefully one of my next blog posts will recount all of the details of me running around and screaming about how awful it is.
I titled this post "The Newbie Chronicles" because that's what I want this to be; a series of accounts of my gaming experiences. Hopefully Iji and I will be able to make some videos as well because our in-game banter is hilarious.
If you're reading this then you're either generous or have great taste and I thank you and love you more than is socially acceptable.
-Ixi
Tweet us naughty things: @IxiXD @IjiXD
Friday, September 28, 2012
More Focused
For as hard as I look I can't find
many sites dedicated to PvP. I hate what end game raiding had become
in Wrath of the Loot King and now that I don't need to PvE to be able
to PvP anymore, I won't be unless the mood truly
strikes. Even when it comes to leveling PvP is my main choice of Exp
unless I'm trying to power through some levels.
And although there are plenty of sites
dedicated to making gold, some things bear repeating.
Addons. I love and hate addons. I'll be
reviewing them and giving you my opinions on them.
I intend for this site to become a place for like-minded players and a place to check
while the server's are down. For anyone who has ever had someone from
the opposite faction make a lvl 1 alt to berate you, to those who
have gotten mail for undercutting, I hope this site will serve you
well.
Born of Boredom
Boredom has driven me to consider starting a blog. I'm not sure about what exactly but definitely in the realm of gaming. I may focus on WoW and Minecraft with a smattering of other stuff.
My girlfriend, Ixi, said she may do some posts which should be interesting. We're not "pro" gamers by any means but I find us quite entertaining.
I'll probably be tinkering with the layout and stuff for a while, but hopefully I'll be able to blog on a regular basis. My first goal is to get at least one post out a week.
Well, we'll see how this goes!
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