Moonky's Corner

Long overdue update

2009-04-02T22:32:00.004+01:00

Whoops, been out of touch wtih my blog for a while and Lich King has been out ages time for a massive update which'll probably get turned into a small update with loads of little ones coming out of it.

So let's start at the very launch of Lich King, ok so it was Wednesday 12th November 2008 when I got my copy sent to me in the mail promptly followed by a quick install/waiting for servers to change over at 12am, however something unexpected happened and at 9pm server time the servers were converted (after I caught wind of this news from MMO-Champion) I logged on right away, getting my friend to log on with me we made Death Knights from the get go, I made an Undead Female Death Knight and he made a Blood Elf Male Death Knight (because he couldn't have enough BE Males...) and we had so much fun we spent the next 3 days going from 55-70 in Outland with the new speed it was even easier to level there and we quickly finished up leaving Northrend left.

I resumed playing my Druid at 70 and we did instance after instance, quest after quest and zone after zone. It was amazing fun to tank new instances and doing it with friends made it feel alot better, was no where near as fast as leveling the DK up, but was fresh and alot of the quests in Lich King were fun. Eventually ended up dinging 80 a couple of weeks after that and soon after joined a raiding guild called Distortion, started out 25man Naxx and got swift upgrades eventually got to the point where my Druid was kitted out in full 25man gear (except gloves but we dont mention Sarth luck..) and had some nice off spec gear, managed to get alot of Seasonal titles, Ambassador, Champion of the Frozen Wastes etc.

Eventually some drama lead me to play my Gnome Rogue alot more and got to the point where I was moving from content to content, pushed my way past Outland at a slow speed and did the first bit of Northrend with a friend at the start, then gave up waiting and just pushed up to 80 (managed to do 74-77 in one day played, which wasnt bad going). Started doing some Naxx on her and gearing up, started at 1k DPS when I just dinged, now fast forward a few weeks and I have quite a few epics, epic flying and a new hair cut.. There is still times when I miss every single Haomarush character I have, maybe more than I'll admit but as a server Grim Batol is alot better and anytime I need a group for something I can just pug pretty much anything with groups going all day for anything I need. We also have a nice little group going for naxx of close friends which I love, only thing I miss is my Druid. Managed to RAF a Druid with another friend, but I feel like leveling other characters first might be wise, cause I mean I would die inside doing it with the gear I have and doing it Moonkin might be something I'd consider, although right now I think I need more gear. Just started doing a RAF Mage as well, think I'll get that to 60 just to be there and after that who knows.

Everything on Haomarush still needs to be leveled, looking at 3.1 upcoming Priests will be the next big thing, should level Milly and probably will but there is alot to do on Grim Batol first. No matter where I end up in the future I will never fully leave my Druid behind, even if 3.1 looks like feral tanking Druids will get left out in the cold I will always play my Druid no matter what. Thought about leveling another tanking class like a Warrior or Paladin maybe, they seem to be getting all the good stuff but that's something in the future. Plan of having Shaman, Paladin, Rogue, Mage, Warrior on GB and Warlock, Druid, Hunter, Priest, DK on Haomarush seems to be going well so far, want everything at 80 but feels like a push and a burn out to get them all at 80.

Still there is no rush, there is alot of content left to see and I imagine everyone will get leveled in time (it also feels nicer doing quests Alliance side for some reason, lore feels stronger than Horde quests). That's my report from the last few months, might have more to say but right now I'll call it a day :)

- Moonky

Fast approaching

2008-11-10T06:28:00.006Z

It's 2 days till Lich King and I gotta admit the pressure and expectation is getting to me a bit, thinking about it a bit too much and my friends can vouch for that. I am just really excited about it and I can't help that it's the game I love and play every single day.

Got alot to do before Lich King hits and 2 days to do it, means sorting out banks, selling crap etc and ugh the usual stuff. Pretty sure I will start a Death Knight at launch till all my friends have the game and then bounce into Northrend a bit later, although I expect I will have given into temptation and be in there sooner, just depends on how things go. Great thing about making a Death Knight is it'll likely be less crowded than Northrend for the first couple of weeks which should be nice and the starting zone for DK's is instanced - lack of ganking and more fun. I've been reading/watching a bit about Death Knights and everytime I do it really makes me feel excited to play one, my plan is to eventually level it to 80 and depending on how Druid Tanking goes at 80, maybe switch to that full time and be a DK Tank - though it's a long way away before any of those plans.

In another update, I have just got the last item I could possibly want on my Druid (yea 2 days before the expansion craps all over it and gives me some green with better stats) but I had to get rid of my badges somehow and I always wanted it so I am enjoying my nice new Staff of the Forest Lord complete with my very first mongoose enchant! I was quite happy to get mongoose, considering that it's been in the game forever and Druids could never get the benefits of it untill now! Tried it a little last night and it didn't proc as much as I wanted it to, but considering it works is amazing from the little glow to the massive stat boost it gives with agility and attack speed increase. About 31k honour saved, most of the marks maxed out, 2.4k maybe on him (with my other characters having about 12k total), still need to get rid of the wands and other random crap - good thing I won a 20 slot bag from MGT the other day :)

Also I thought I would share a screen shot of my cutest little gnome, I love her so much and hope she gets to 70 one day - <3 Kimberley my awesome level 44 Rogue (includes my GM Kielle the hot NE Priest and friend).

I also managed to customize this a bit more, gonna keep working at it but for now sleepy sleep!

- Moonky

Welcome!

2008-11-03T05:15:00.002Z

Welcome to my new blog, based solely on my Druid and Warcraft antics. The main purpose of this blog is to bring everything I love about WoW into one neat home, instead of using my personal blog for WoW this will be more updated and should contain (If I get around to it) pictures and other news based on WoW. I would like to thank you for dropping by and continue to keep dropping by as I begin posting.

- Moonky