So it’s not really my Ony cherry, but it was Skeleton Jack’s first time anyways. I remember the original bad a$$ Ony from back in the day after crawling my way through the massive quest chain referred to as Jailbreak for the old timers out there.
But I digress… Here’s good ol’ SJ earning his wings.
25 Man
10 Man
I’m not really so sure 6.6K DPS on Ony is all that great for me (I was in a PuG)… But I’m in outdated gear now, using a sub-optimal spec, and rusty as hell. So I’m happy with how the run went!
Heya guys!! So yeah, got WoW reinstalled last evening and I have to say it was far easier than previous efforts over the past years. Whether it was a fresh install on a friends comp, or just a reinstall on mine. Blizzard apparently got their !@#$ together and streamlined the patching system.
After I installed WoW + XPac’s I started up the patcher. Normally you’d patch the game a bazillion times. It’d patch once, you’d start up the game and try to log in, and then it’d kick you out to start up another patch. No longer!! Now you start it up to patch, and it just patches itself without any interaction all the way up to being ready. Damn it was nice.
And luckily I saved my WTF, Interface, and Screenshots folders this time around (unlike before) so that I didn’t have to reset the settings or deal with redefining all of my mods.
I took a sec to read up on EJ Forums, MMO Champion, World of Raids, and a few other sites I peruse… Gotta say I’m not liking the current “ideal” 3.2 Unholy spec and rotation. No OB spec, gone… No Reaping and multiple SS’s, gone… Bleh. I’m not doing it I tell you. It’s gonna be a slight nerf to my dps, but I will not be using that rotation/playstyle. I’ll give you guys the digs later on with what I settled down with.
Also I’ll be doing my damndest to get my hands on some slow 1H weapons. I really really like the DW spec a lot. Tried it again last night (with admittedly far too fast weapons) and it still was just fun as can be.
Not sure how swift I’ll be back into raiding again. I’ve lost some credit with my guild since I was a new member before I quit WoW (being there for only 1 month, having previously quit SK where I had been for nearly 3 years). So we’ll see how long it takes me to earn my way back into their good graces.
Happy Birthday to Skeleton Jack!! Yup!! I’m another year older. Which leads me to this story. Anyone still following the site (which surprisingly is a lot of people still considering how rarely I post) would have noticed by now that I have been having computer issues. Turned out that the video card and mother board went bad at the same time. Or at least, so my tech guy thought…
My Computer Debacle…
So my roomie’s brother (Tommy) came over to work on my computer again (he does my tech work) and used my roomie’s (Garroc’s) computer to test some things from my comp to narrow down what could be wrong. In the process something got snagged on my video card (which was too big for the case) in Garroc’s comp and the cord from the motherboard to the hard drive got broken. Nice…
So since we keep old computer parts around (just in case), Tommy went and looked for an old cable. And low and behold, what did he find? An old motherboard!! Garroc had gotten an upgraded processor from Tommy about a year or two ago, but needed a newer model motherboard for it. So Tommy stored the old one for him in the closet after Garroc bought a new one. And guess what! Garroc’s old motherboard is the same model as mine. >.< Inorite?!
So for the past few weeks the motherboard we couldn’t find in stock anywhere to order just so happened to be about 30′ feet away from me the entire time…
So for the past month and half to two months now I’ve been sitting here trying to trouble shoot what’s wrong exactly with the computer. The video card was fried for a fact. We tried it in another computer and it was just boned. So then after all of that, once I had the money I got a new video card. From there I personally thought it was a power supply issue, but Tommy was convinced it was a motherboard issue. Up with me so far?
So we install the new mother board and I cross my fingers. Does it work now? Nope. /cry /sob
So then finally Tommy agrees to try an alternative power supply. And does it work then? Yup. Happiness ensues? Nope… Sighs of frustration escape because I’m refraining from throttling Tommy while screaming, “I TOLD YOU DAMNIT (insert inappropriate expletives)!!!!”
So what’s next? I go buy a new “gamer” 550 watt power supply by Thermal Take. Which is pretty f’ing sweet actually. It’s the new kind where you only plug in the power cords you need, and the cords are all wrapped in that mesh binding. Got the cords totally out of the way now and have way better air flow. Plus it’s got a 140 fan on it. It’s damn nice.
So, by this point I’m looking around at the chaos. I’ve got a new motherboard that is exactly the same as the one I had in it before. Check. We’re good there. I’ve got a new 1Gig video card that’s screamin’ hot. Check. I’ve got a new kick butt cool power supply, better air flow in my case, and everything plugged in properly. Check. And I’ve sat there like a good lil boy asking questions and learning how to do this crap on my own. Check.
We’re looking good here. Check the floor, desk, and table… What’s this RAM doing here? Where the hell did this come from? *scratches head* Garroc had 1 Gig of RAM in the old mother board that wouldn’t work on his new on. Hmmm…. Pop those babies in!! Boot ‘er up, and presto!! They work!! LED lights all working properly. New BIOS set to Raid 0 settings…reboots ensue…
*CROSS FINGERS*
And it works!! Yay!!!
So now I’m up to 3 Gig’s of RAM, holla!! Brand spanking new power supply, better air flow which I can already see my temp gauges in the computer are lower now. And a screaming video card that’s so sweet I can literally see the difference in just the printed words on the shortcuts on the desktop. Yeah, that sweet.
So I’m a happy SJ finally. Ready for gaming enjoyment!!
Heya guys!! I went back to my old guild site at Paragon and was reading up a lil bit, while perusing MMO Champion as well. And sure enough something caught my eye. In response to some debate I posted this there and figured it might be something you guys would be interested in.
Oh, and I went with the PNY GeForce GTX 260 video card. Why? Because when I finally decided to buy one I found out that one was in stock at Best Buy. So I could but that one “now”, or wait another week for the evga one. I was impatient by that point… >.< But the card is awesome!! I still have some comp issues (mother board or power supply, think I just need a new mother board), but should have that fixed by the new year.
Expansion Release Dates
Blizzard’s model for WoW is actually pretty well established by this point. I don’t remember the links from before, but it basically comes down to their financial reports each quarter and year. For example, BC’s release date was highly debated as various sources claimed varying times no matter what Blizzard or other sites said. However in their projected profits for a specific quarter of that year they had BC sales listed. Sure enough, Blizzard released BC exactly when those quarterly projection reports claimed.
Two years later the same thing happens. Blizzard issues their projected quarterly reports and there is LK for their expected sales. Both times now Blizzard released a major expansion right around the end/start of a year.
Also Blizzard stated quite some time back they they’d like to release an expansion once per year (and they were very official about it, not just a random blue post that other blue posts apologized for). But they also said that it’d be more likely to take a bit more than a year each time due to constraints with content release, etc… True to point, it’s been 2 years for each new major release.
Due to Blizzard’s move to making WoW their “cash cow that allows them to now have fun making whatever they want to without worrying about profits” I’d feel it’s very safe to say that you can expect to see Cataclysm released between November 2010 and January 2011. Past release dates:
WoW – Nov 2004
BC – Jan 2007
LK – Nov 2008 Personal projected Cataclysm date:
Nov 2010 to Jan 2011
Regardless of the speculation however it’s a pretty safe bet to assume that sometime next year someone will check out their projected sales on their quarterly reports. And when that happens you will have the release date.
4.0 Changes
When 4.0 releases you will see mechanics changes of course (such as Armor Pen, etc), but you will not see the new bells and whistles that are the hallmark of the expansion itself. With 2.0 that held true and with 3.0 that held true. There is no reason to expect otherwise at this point.
Raid/Content Release
I think it highly likely for Blizzard to continue with their previous model. With regular WoW the major story was finished, but then there was the release of Naxx in the end. In BC the major story was finished, but then there was the release of SW in the end. And now Blizz is winding up Arthas to finish this story line…and I’d bet you they will true to form release yet again another Instance after that as well.
Raid Content Comparison
I’m separating raid content into 2 categories. Primary Content where it’s multiple bosses, and Secondary Content where it’s one boss. Vault of Archavon counts as Secondary Content imo b/c they just release a new tier boss as gear progresses. Just because they house them in the same building doesn’t change the fact that it’s just a single boss release.
BC
Primary: Kara, ZA, SC, TK, MH, BT, SW
Secondary: Mag, Gruul,
LK
Primary: Naxx, Uld, Col
Secondary: Eye, Sarth, VoA, Onyxia,
My personal projections are that there will be only 2 more raid instances in LK that contain more than one boss. I think this is primarily due to the fact that Blizzard has pulled most of the original and best talent from WoW and put them to work on their new MMO (which they’ve released no information on to date). Sadly they’ve made the obvious move of less content art/work. From using Naxx again, no dungeon to explore in Col, and reusing mob models in Col as well… Hopefully the rewards of Cataclysm and Blizz’s new MMO will balance that out.
When is SJ coming back? What’s up?
I’m thinking relatively soon. Preferably before the new instance releases. Again, not promising to be back for long guys. I’m going to post for fun, and if you guys enjoy it then awesome. But for now on my posts will be based purely on desire, and not feeling like I have to. Which means they will be less frequent, but higher quality. Take it for what you will. This one for example probably shed a good bit of light on when to expect the Expansion release and future LK raid content. Take care guys!!
Wow…you have no idea how good it felt to say that, “Heya guys!!” My lead off to every post. Felt like coming home. So I’ve been out of a computer for nearly a month now. It’s sucked hardcore. Ugh, I hate it. You don’t realize how much you use a computer until you’ve been denied it for weeks!!
I’m currently pondering these three little lovlies for those interested:
Waiting to hear back from my resident computer guru on these cards, but I figured this was the perfect opportunity to hear random feedback from other gamers as to what they thought, or if they know of another good card/deal out there. Must be over 512 MG, 256 bit, 120 core processors, PCI Express card while under $300.00. Dem’s de rules!!
Death Knight Posts!?!?
No wai!?!?! Yeah actually, just not a full time deal. My roomie leveled his first alt to level 80. And it’s a wittle baybee DK!! Awww!!! Don’t mind the blood in the cradle, that’s normal!!
But he’s had to ask me several questions that I just wasn’t 100% sure about the answers anymore since I’ve not been keeping up on things. So once I get my new video card I’m probably going to reactivate WoW (for just a month, not promising more than that sorry) to say hey to some friends and goof around.
And while doing that I’ll probably put up a few posts about specs and rotations. If I’m going to do the homework for my roomie, might as well let you guys benefit some as well!! Besides, I feel the need for some PvP!!
The future of SJ WoW!!
I’m not sure there is much of one until the X-pac next Christmas 2010. The one thing about WoW I’ve missed is PvP. I’m really not missing the DKP/Raid grind at all. And it’s nice just reading a book or going out with my friends when I want to instead of scheduling around raid times.
But the new “rating system” for BG’s has me highly interested if they do it right. I had originally planned on working for Grand Marshall in vanilla WoW until I learned how the ranking system worked. Which basically meant if I wasn’t going to put in at least 40 hours in PvP a week, it wasn’t gonna happen. I didn’t want GM *that* bad, heh.
I always did really well in BG’s…phenomenally well actually. But Arena’s always posed a problem. I’d suck in many combos or just not play well with certain people. And the several teams I got into the 1900’s with always fell apart right before we made 2k+.
Supposedly in the X-Pac the new rating system in BG’s will allow people to bybass Arena if they really don’t like it (which I don’t). SO! If they implement the BG ranking system well, I will likely be making a more full time come back at that point and time.
My Champions Online Review
Initially I rated it very high. And then within a week of it’s release I stopped playing. Read: “bad sign”.
I think eventually CO will be a great game. But at initial release it needs a lot of work still. More than anything it was the “bright shiny new toy” syndrome affecting me as I ran to anything that was not WoW. Forgive me please!!
I remember the original bad a$$ Ony from back in the day after crawling my way through the massive quest chain referred to as Jailbreak for the old timers out there.
Forgive me please!!
