The Long Hiatus

Okay.
So we definitely know I haven't posted in an extremely long time. A lot "real life aggro" has happened these past months. I moved states and now i'm going to college! =) I just now found a guild to raid with thanks to one of my bestest friends! I will try to post more, just need to get more into the habit of doing so again.

Also I need any resto druid advice as I haven't raided in awhile besides random pugs. x_x Thank you!

Throwing Myself Off Cliffs?

Most people deal with their Inner Turmoil through thought. I just throw mine off the cliff repeatedly.

About a week until the expansion hits and things have been slow around here lately. I've been leveling up a horde priest on another server to check out the new zones from a different faction's point of view. I really liked Silverpine and Hillsbrad so far. My favorite quest so far has got to be Peaceblooms vs Ghouls. I didn't really understand it at first since I haven't played Plants vs Zombies yet, but with a little help I was able to kick some ghoul butt! :) The little sunflower pet from completing the chain is adorable.

I've also been trying to go through to do the new quests on my druid. I've done some zones but then stopped because I wanted to raise my goblin rep up (darn, bloodsail!). So far I was able to get Booty Bay back up to Neutral; the rest i'm still hated with!

Today I decided to drop my Jewelcrafting to pick up herbalism once again. I'm not really good at making money so I wouldn't be able to buy my way through maxing out both Alchemy and Jewelcrafting. I finished leveling my herbalism 1-450 today and it really didn't take that long to begin with. It feels like the zones have more herbing nodes than they did before (Hillsbrad has a lot! [Mageroyal, Briarthorn]).

A couple guildies and I usually run Tempest Keep weekly to try to get A'lar but this week seemed to go rather.. odd. We got to where he started flying into the air, but he wasn't doing anything so we just sat there and waited. Our tank started moving around and walked away and there went Kael'thas chasing after him.

It appears he lost his spine in the last patch..
We eventually called it quits so hopefully this will be fixed until next time! I honestly can't wait until Cataclysm. Bring on the new content!

It's close!

Hey, guys! Sorry, it's been awhile! I've been refraining from posting for a bit to get some things done before Cataclysm and with that being said; I finished my Hydraxian Waterlords rep! My next little project when ZG goes away will be to try to get Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros! The eye off Rag still hasn't dropped for me, but i've been trying to gather some of the many materials to make it! I've gotten both bindings for Thunderfury *ducks*, but i'm not really motivated to make it yet due to no Feat of Strength if I make it. :P Unless they changed that, of course.

I'm sad that ZG is going away due to not getting any mounts yet (one more reset left!), but i'm pretty excited to see old world change! It's so hard to think that the expansion is coming out soon. I'm ready to rush to my local Gamestop to pick it up!

It was a hard decision, but I ended up quitting my guild last night. I went to go rejoin my old guild for Cataclysm since they wanted me to come back. I really missed raiding with my friends. Not going to lie about it but I feel bad. :( I'm not one to guild hop so this was a very difficult decision for me.

On a happy note i've been watching some Cataclysm dungeon run videos on youtube. One that i've been watching is from TotalBiscuit. I've also watched some of the raid bosses from the Paragon videos and they look really fun!

Here's hoping we all have a great last 2 weeks of Wrath of the Lich King! Take care, everyone!

Getting Ready For 4.0

Since the patch is most likely next week, it's time to prepare! I mostly think it's going to be the 12th since that's when season 8 ends. :P

One of the things i've been doing is selling gems! Gem prices will most likely be going down due to gem transmutes not having cds. I've been keeping some gems if I ever decide to gear my alts. /lazy

I've been running ZG like mad! Everytime I see an epic drop from the raptor boss I get all excited. >_< Hasn't dropped yet, but it will soon!

I've been on the ptr on and off for a couple of days to try to get used to the spell changes (big heal, medium heal, little heal) once the patch hits. My guild will still be raiding after it comes so I thought it would be best to prepare. I've been playing around with talent points for awhile. I was going to get Malfurion's Gift, but decided not to since I haven't had any mana problems so far and other druids I talked to say the same. I haven't healed a raid yet, but we'll see. Another reason is that i'd have to spend 2 points into a filler talent just to get that and right now i'd rather use those points for something else.
These new resto changes will need some getting used to like Regrowth not having a long HoT anymore, nourish having a longer cast and being our medium, mana efficient heal, lifebloom being able to be on only one target, and.. well, you understand.

I'm really looking forward to HoTs being able to crit as well as being effected by haste (without glyphs! *tosses all her rapid rejuv glyphs away*). So, yes. Crit is good for us! I thought about writing a guide for 4.0, but there's just so many already and i'm terrible at writing guides.

Some guides that have helped me prepare to get used to this change are:
Keeva's 4.0 Guide
Lissanna's Guide

Another guide to look out for is RestoDude's so stay tuned for that!

About tree form being a cooldown; at first I really felt sad about it turning into a cooldown. I started healing at level 70 so tree form was something I grew used to. I'll miss my tree-like nicknames like Barkface. Me and an old guild member used to call each other Barkface and Bearface. The cooldown seems really neat, I just need to figure out when to use it. :P So i'm not going to say goodbye to tree form, since it'll still be there. I see this patch as a new beginning for resto druids and i'm excited!

To bloom or not to bloom.

Random topic! I've been looking at our spells and talents to think about ways to use spells when the new patch comes out and I thought about lifebloom. Many talents have been added pertaining about lifebloom where it made me question some things. It's on my mind currently so anyone able to help or shed some insight on me, be my guest! : )
I'm probably thinking way too much on this subject but is it better to let lifebloom bloom then restack or just keep it up? Talents like Empowered Touch makes me think it might be good to keep up, but then Gift of the Earthmother which increases the healing done by it's "bloom" effect (unless I misread, I tend to do that a lot! ^.^;). I was just wondering if one way would be better than the other or if it's situational.
So far even though lifebloom is only a one target only healing spell, it's not disappointing me so far. It can give us back mana with replenishment from Revitalize and OoC procs from Malfurion's Gift. It'll also give regen from our tier 11 four set bonus (Whenever you have Lifebloom stacked to its maximum of 3 applications on its target, you gain 540 spirit). And today it's been fixed so that when we pop ToL, it removes the target limit on lifebloom. :D

Random blog. I'm on a horse!

"Curse you, wireless!"

Greetings everyone!

I'm currently downloading the stuffs for the next patch. Yes, stuffs. My wireless is literally as slow as a snail so I thought i'd make a random blog post. Yes, this may be a boring post and I apologize! Here's a cookie for sticking with me. *hands cookie*

Daughter Tree, Momma Tree.

With randomness comes random stuff, like RL stuff! Today I was able to spend time with my mom. It's hard to do that since she's usually working most of the time, so it was fun once we got to spend actual time together after she got out of work today. We went out for dinner and boy was I stuffed after (nomnom breadsticks!~). Today made me realize how much I missed spending time with her. I want to do it more often when she's available. (I should totally make her play WoW!) :D

/headdesktree.

Now onto a different subject! Anyone else feel overwhelmed with all the changes going on or is it just me? In BC I hardly ever visited forums, WoW websites/blogs, or knew about changes (yes, i'm a noob, shhhhh!) so I guess it's just new for me. I'm looking forward to the patch/Cataclysm but at the same time i'm kind of nervous about "relearning" how to play my druid again. I wish I could log onto the PTR to check but then again *points to the angry druid on top of the page*. Wireless!

I'm on a horse.

So now i'm currently leveling up a new lock in my spare time. I always wanted a pure caster class and decided i'd level a lock! As of now, i'm having a blast and enjoying leveling her up. I'm currently using the quest/queue for lfd while questing. Since queues are usually slow, I just quest in between. I'm not an expert leveler but i'm pretty satisfied on how much time it's taking me to level. Lock is fun!

Anyway thanks for stopping by and reading! Have an awesome day!
Also wish me best of luck in hope of the raptor dropping before ZG goes away, ack! *flails arms* Dx

You.. I remember you..

In the mountains..

Just kidding, but it has been awhile and I apologize for that! Lately i've been raiding, attempting to raise my goblin rep then give up after around 2 runs, and leveling my warlock (she's 32 now by the way!). Also does anyone know anywhere else to level but Stranglethorn Vale at that level? I've leveled dozens of characters there so I want to level elsewhere if possible. :D

Other than being the crazy, hyper druid that I am i've also been waiting for resto druid updates for blizzard. Every night I check MMO-Champion in hopes, but none so far. I'll just sit patiently and twiddle my thumbs. Anyway sorry for the lack of posting, i'll be writing more, I promise! Have an awesome day. :)

Lich King and Creepy Stuff! (''\(O_o)/'')

Tonight my friend and his guild were kind enough of letting me tag along for Icecrown Citadel 10 man and we downed Lich King! It was my first time downing him so I was very excited. Thank you, The Celestial, for letting me come along! I really enjoyed myself! :D

A few days ago I was on the forums and a thread peaked my interest; it was titled "Creepy things in WoW". I'm usually interested into scary things despite the scaredy cat I really am so I thought i'd check it out. Two of the things that were mentioned the most were the Upside Down Sinners in the crypts near Karazhan and the Goldshire children.

The first one I decided to go to was the crypts to see the sinners. Due to my "amazing" jumping skills I had to go get summoned inside. There's a lot of running around room inside the crypts before you can get to the sinners. This places was filled with dirt, squeeky doors, bones, and water. There's loads of bodies held upside down with chains in the water. This was definitely creepy pixels at it's best and makes me wonder, "What the heck happened here?!". I don't think I even want to know.

Now for the Goldshire Children. There's a decent amount of videos about them on youtube so if you're interested for more, check them out! In Goldshire there's a house nearby with the Leatherworking trainer. If you go upstairs the music goes from Elwynn Forest to something creepy-like. I remember vaguely running into these kids in their house one time when I was leveling up, but I immediately bolted our of the house. These creepy kids seem to spawn around Stormwind in the early morning walking around in a group. Me, Spiffy, and Askle decided to follow around these children to see what exactly they do.

I didn't really keep track of how much time it took for them to do anything (I apologize T_T) but if you follow them they seem to run from Stormwind, to Goldshire, past their house to go near Northshire Abbey, then into their house. They stopped and walked around in their groups at each stop point and once they were in their house they just stood in this formation.

Supposedly if you stay in the room long enough you will hear a voice clip of C'thun saying "You.. Will.. Die.." and various other things like a banshee wail but I didn't hear anything. We stood there with our game sounds up for about an hour then called it quits to go to bed.

Even though we didn't hear anything it was pretty creepy! I wonder what they're supposed to be there for. o_O So that's what i've been up to for the past few days. Hope everyone has a wonderful day! <3

Yay!

Little quick post to say:

Blizzard quote from Nethaera

This is just a tiny excerpt from his post. For the full post click the link. :)

I'd like to take some time to speak with all of you regarding our desire to make the Blizzard forums a better place for players to discuss our games. We've been constantly monitoring the feedback you've given us, as well as internally discussing your concerns about the use of real names on our forums. As a result of those discussions, we've decided at this time that real names will not be required for posting on official Blizzard forums.

Yay! I'm glad they're not going to be putting real life names on forums so now I can go on about helping without putting my name out there. Never have I seen so many players dedicated in trying to stop something (2495 pages worth). Anywho that was just a quick update if anyone hasn't seen it yet (people already have most likely)!

Me falling down some mountains in Wetlands and using the brew from the 4th of July to make sure I don't go *SPLAT!*.

Just another update on my baby druid who is now level 47! I bought dual spec on her so she's resto/kitty. I might go tank for offspec, but I don't know if I trust myself to tank. D: I have a huge urge to do Dire Maul! Just a few more levels... /flails arms

I put a link up in my WoW related sites to http://www.treecalcs.com/. I found out about it from Keeva's blog. If you don't know what it is, it's an online version of Hamlet's TreeCalcs. I've been playing around with it lately and it's pretty neat!

I hope everyone is having a good summer so far!

Pre Cataclysm Bucket List

With the Cataclysm Beta testing now taking place (Didn't get in *sadface*), I thought i'd make a bucket list. What it is basically is things I want to do or try to get done before Catacysm comes out. In BC before Wrath came out I tried to finish my Cenarion Circle rep, but that didn't really work out so well. ^_^;

Nat's Pre Cata Bucket List

• Finish Hydraxian Waterlords Rep
  
• Kill Lich King on 10 or 25 player
  
• Get Anzu or Baron Rivendare Mount
  
• Make some money to get prepared to level my professions in Cata (no mining or herb, eek)!
  
• Try to find a casual 10 man guild in need of a tree :D
  

On a different note, all the Cataclysm info that's been released so far makes me excited. I will miss you old tree form. Also sorry for the lack of posting! I've been playing a lot of WoWs since I got back! I'll be sure to write more and thanks for being patient! :D

I'm back!

As of yesterday i'm back on WoW so thought i'd make a little update post. Since April my old laptop pretty much exploded. With my old comp I would raid with 4 fps and be at about 12 fps in cities and such, but now I sit at 60 fps generally. :D I haven't done any raids as of yet so i'll test that later!

Since Midsummer Fire Festival is out, I decided to level a second druid. I leveled my main as feral so i'm trying it out as resto. There's a really nice experience buff from Midsummer Fire Festival that i'm definitely going to put into use!

I'm pretty excited to be back again and look forward to leveling my new druid, watch Anzu not drop, and working on getting loremaster. Ruby Sanctum is now out so i'm hoping to get to do that soon (haven't seen a pug yet for it on my server). I also need to try to get the little pet from Ahune! I'm crossing my fingers to hope it drops before it ends.

What was your favorite raid in Wrath?

So far in Wrath we've had the return of Naxxramas along with new instances like Obsidian Sanctum, Eye of Eternity, Ulduar, Trial of the Crusade, and Icecrown Citadel. Each instance brought something new to the table like Obsidian Sanctum's The Twilight Zone and Eye of Eternity's last phase where players were able to engage Malygos on dragons. We still have one on the way, but which one was your favorite?

My favorite would have to be~

Yes, Ulduar! It introduced the first legendary of this expansion [Val'anyr, Hammer of Ancient Kings] as well as activated hard modes like Firefighter (always put on my Flame Warden title for that!) and Knock, Knock, Knock on Wood. There was also the optional boss Algalon who became available after completing the Archivum Data Disc quest. He was only available for one hour after engaged and would disappear once the hour was up even if you were in combat with him (he'd just cast Ascend to the Heavens and wipe your raid). I love Ulduar. I had fun when it was current content and even after it wasn't anymore (no, not because I still have shards in my bags =_=). Algalon was epic and Yogg-Saron was chaotic, but very fun.

With Yogg-Saron you had rays of death, sanity, debuffs of each kind, chain-able fear, and tentacles. There's so many things going on at once during phase 2, it can get a little chaotic. I was pretty much running my butt around trying to not get caught by tentacles, decursing and de-poisoning(?), and dpsing tentacles. Overall it was fun.

Before I get too caught up with the old days, i'm going to stop. >.< I hope everyone has a wonderful day. ^_^

Nom nom nom!

No, I wasn't talking about the feral talent (I hope they keep the name). I was talking about this: Nothing like ending the work week with a cute video!

Quote from Ghostcrawler about restoration druid healing in Cataclysm

I'm seeing a lot of Resto druids say something like "I won't take talents that buff Nourish and Healing Touch because I won't use those spells." You will probably use those spells more in Cataclysm. That doesn't mean you won't also be using Rejuv, Regrowth and Lifebloom.

Critical heals aren't useful now because they often just result in overhealing. In a game in which your heals aren't always topping someone off, then a critical heal represents a lot of "free" healing which saves you both GCDs and mana. It's in players' nature to want to minimize the impact of random elements, but you should be careful not to marginalize anything that gives you extra healing just because it isn't 100% predictable.

I like how they're giving talents to make all our spells useful and gives us more to think about when choosing which heal to use (hopefully before the person dies x.x). My favorite talent so far is the new Gotem. I loved the t8 four set bonus (it was nerfed *sad panda*). The t9 four set bonus was also amazing as well.

I will end this Friday post with: I love haste/crit benefited HoTs. Yay! ^_^

Sorry!

I apologize for the lack of updates and content. I'm still here! As you may or may not know my laptop is currently broken so I haven't been able to play WoW. I kind of saw it coming since it's been breaking before and I had to take it in about three times last year and one time this year. I'm currently in the process of getting a new one that won't run me at 2 fps during raids (yikes!). Once I get my laptop situation situated i'll be updating like no other! I have yet to kill the Lich King on either 10 man or 25 man *cry*, so i'll be doing that as soon as I get my new comp. Thank you for being patient if anyone has been keeping up with me and I promise to not disappoint!

MLG!

Did anyone watch the MLG Columbus WoW 3v3 stream over the weekend? It was my first time watching anything like that and wow. I was at the edge of my seat when Sodah got that penance kill. If I see a video of it, i'll be sure to update this post with it! Late news is late, I know.. but still! If anyone is interested about it and wants to see scoreboards, player interviews, and team rosters click here! It was a great tournament with a lot of greats players and the winners: Loaded Black! (Link goes to their winning article! ^.^) Congratulations to them for winning. : )
Anyway thanks for putting up with my lack of updates! I'll be back soon enough! Have a wonderful day! :D

Does Anzu Exist?

Has anyone else have troubles getting Anzu? I always see people getting it on their first couple of tries as well as them selling it and getting it for other people. T_T I don't know how many runs i've did since I don't really kill Ikiss all the time. I also always drag my friend along so I feel sorry for him. T_T

What grinds my gears is seeing a Death Knight with it. I swear they have a 90%+ drop rate for mounts for rerolling or something. You can always see them running around with the hawkstrider from H Magister's Terrace as well as the tiger and raptor from Zul'Gurub.

So if you've had any bad drop rates at all let me know. I hope i'm not the only one in the druid community having troubles getting Anzu.

Also I added a ICC Gear list for resto druids on the side bar so be sure to check that out. Be sure to let me know if I missed anything. : )

Inc Cuteness

Nothing to do with WoW, but so cute!!!

BANKAAAAAAAAAII!

Hello everyone and welcome to my blog! For awhile now I wanted to blog about my favorite class in the game. Druid! I’ve been playing a druid for about three years and love it! I made my first druid in the beginning of Burning Crusade and leveled her up as a bear tank. I tanked my way up to level 70 and went resto since the guild I joined needed healers. I was a little sad that I couldn’t tank anymore, but I soon fell in love with healing on my druid. I didn’t raid a lot during Burning Crusade as I played casually due to school and such.

When Wrath came out I decided to play my shaman as a healer as something new. Turns out in the middle of Naxx, I played my druid again and switched her as my main in the beginning of Ulduar. Algalon is my favorite fight to this day. It’s not a really difficult fight, but it was beating the enrage timer. There’s no problems to that now though due to being 2 tiers higher, but I still enjoy it. I raided through ToGC and part of Icecrown Citadel up to Lich King. I quit raiding in February due to personal matters, but i’m ready to finish what I started.

I’ll be updating this frequently, even more when I find a new home and start raiding again.