Heya 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:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127426

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133270
 
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130475

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 miss you guys and hope you’re well.

 -Suffer Well Brothers and Sisters.

Tags: /rl, Coming Soon

Heya guys!!  What’s coming soon!?!  In a few days I will be posting about the DPS sims, how to make sense of them, who they will work for, and who they will *not* work for.  We’re gonna talk about specs, where to find them, and how to be a better gamer.

I plan on doing an in depth post series about how to do the best DPS possible.  This will be generic information that can be applied to any and all games, not just WoW.  These will be the hard and true lessons that have through the years brought me to where I am today.  These in turn will be applicable for all PvE content, including tanking and healing.  In short, how to be the best gamer.

I will also be posting about Champions Online.  I finally cheated and went and got the files from a friend, who downloaded through an alternative means.  I plan to be beta testing for a few days and getting a feel for CO.  As I do that I will post some about it as well.

This website is taking a shift.  It will no longer be a DK centric blog.  It will be a “gamer blog” that I intend to talk about my gaming life in general.  WoW, CO, D20, etc…  I tried my hand at a DK blog for money and I found out what it would take.  While everything takes tons of work to set it up and get it going, the initial revenue return did prove to me that this isn’t what I want to be spending my time on.

While I have a keen insight into how to play any game or toon, I do not have the web/internet/computer skills required to make this a full time job by doing data mining and more.  On top of being forced to out-source for all web design functions (because I can’t keep hassling my friends), it has simply accentuated the flaws and merits of such an endeavor when compared against the effort taken while examining the money gained (which wasn’t much).

That said, I am also no longer a die hard WoW fan.  I also will be writing an extensive post as to why that is.  It is not burnout.  I know what burnout is, and this just isn’t it.  Blizzard has made WoW no where near as fun as it once was, and I will share with you why using concise and clean arguments showing you the facts and perceptions leading me there.

I’m not deactivating my WoW account for now.  It’s still fun on some levels.  But I plan to spend more time on writing for myself, playing tabletop games, playing some board games, working out, and getting a girl.  I miss the dating life.  So.  There.  Lots of stuff to think on and expect.

 -Suffer Well Brothers and Sisters.

Tags: Coming Soon, Website

Heya guys!!  One of my primary sources for APE values is the EJ Forums.  That said…short of one poster, Methods, I don’t trust everything spouted at EJ.  If you actually read between the lines sometimes, you find that alternative answers/numbers contradict popular beliefs, yet don’t get noticed.

So, what’s that mean?

You have to really, really be aware of all of the facts.  And since I have not seen Methods post in a long time, I’m on my own.  The stat weights honestly are not that hard to come to.  The only hard part is figuring out the value of Expertise and Hit for DW Frost.  Short of that, everything else just takes a lil bit of time and work.

So why no stats yet?

Well, nothings final yet guys.  1-2 weeks will not determine the future of DK specs for the 3.2 release.  I’m still trying to figure out whether a spec will have an intro and final spec (like Unholy had 17/0/54 and then 0/10/61 for 3.1) for starters.  Plus I’m still convinced Unholy’s OB spec will be nerfed still.

Huh?

Summarized, too much is still in the air to determine a real answer on BISI because the APE values could, and will most likely change to some degree.  And I’m not a fan of doing the work, and then a few weeks later finding it was all pointless due to some changes.

But, but, but…WE WANT STATS!!!

That said, I plan to come up with a preliminary Pawn set value for people to use in game.  This will allow you to look at any item in game and see how it ranks for APE. 

What are you doing about it then…

I’m running sims as we speak.  I’ve got the DW PvE DPS sim running currently.  It’s not gonna be 100% correct simply because I can’t get it to model a Pestilence rotation properly.  But that just means it’ll do more dps than the sim shows really.  And for those who have to buff the raid, this will be pretty much spot on.

So you can look forward to some pretty numbers soon, and my set ups for the Kahorie sim.  Don’t worry for those who feel abused when numbers are mentioned.  I’ll bold the DPS potential!!

 -Suffer Well Brothers and Sisters.

Tags: Coming Soon, Specs

I was trying to hold out and go see GI Joe tomorrow…but damnit I wanna see it NOW!!  I grew up on that stuff!!  So I’m heading out.  I’ve already got my resources prepped though, so I’ll be sifting through stuff tonight when I get back from the movie.  I’m going to do a Q&A post for a ton of the comments on the site to answer my readers questions (hint:  post some comment questions here too if you have any you want answered) later on.

I will also be doing updates on specs that are proving crappy or better, and getting into some of the PvP specs as well, like I promised.  So sorry again for all the delays guys, but my website pushed me back a solid 3 days easy with just trying to get it working right again.  Keep your eyes out later on tonight and this weekend for more posts!!

-Suffer Well Brothers and Sisters.

Tags: Coming Soon

Heya guys!!  So one of the websites I always keep up with regularly is MMO Champion.  It is an *amazing* source of information for the purpose of keeping on top of general WoW information.  And today they listed a Blizz quote by a French representative:

les mises à jour sont triées par ordre, il vous faut trouver toutes les mises à jour jusqu’en version 3.1.3… et 3.2 à partir de mercredi prochain.

Translation
Updates are sorted based on their release date, you have to find all the updates up to patch 3.1.3 … and 3.2 after next wednesday. (Source)

So, it looks like it is very possible that Blizzard has no intention of releasing a new Arena season right away.  So be prepared for the possibility of 3.2 for tomorrow, or next Tuesday.

As to me, that means that I’ll be cramming PvP and Tank research in tonight for comprehensive specs posts “just in case”.

Sidebar MMO Info

“What?!”

Heh.  There is a new MMO coming out called Champions Online (their official Blog is CO Daily News).  And it looks amazing.  I have no intention of quitting WoW, but I will most likely be trying this new game out as well. 

It’s likely I will set up a new Blog for it shortly.  It’s a super hero MMO, and they have an OPEN BETA starting soon.  Details will be forthcoming once I get all of my new 3.2 stuff settled. 

-Suffer Well Brothers and Sisters.

Tags: Coming Soon

Heya guys!!  So, I’ve got a few things to recap on.  Like the buff to DW Killing Machine and how ToT works among a few things.  I also plan on getting some of the tanking stuff and pvp spec related info as well. 

-Suffer Well Brothers and Sisters.

Tags: Coming Soon

Heya guys!!  I’m about to head out to see Harry Potter (woot!!)  Just woke up from a 5 hour nap, and I feel awesome!!  Seriously pumped about the movie, as I just did a Harry Potter marathon just a few weeks back.  And on the upside we got 4 BISI posts done today:

• T8 Death Knight Top 10 Best in Slot Legs, aka “Leg” slot.
• T8 Death Knight Top 10 Best in Slot Boots, aka “Feet” slot.
• T8 Death Knight Top 10 Best in Slot Rings, aka “Finger” slot.
• T8 Death Knight Top 10 Best in Slot Trinkets, aka “Trinket” slot.

Feel free to check out the BISI page as well for all Best in Slot Item information.

So plenty to look over.  Just have to knock out the Sigil and 2H weapon posts, and then it’s full time into PTR 3.2 info!!  I promise no Harry Potter spoilers btw.  I hate when people do that!!

-Suffer Well Brothers and Sisters.

Tags: Coming Soon

Heya guys!!  It’s late and I’m beat, so probably not going to post now.  And once that is done, it’s fun time.  I can finally get into the latest on the PTR builds, specs, the new DW, and get up some ads on the sight for some lovely cash income!!  *wink*

So, be on the lookout soon!!

Not sure what I’m talking about?  All of T7 and T8 Best in Slot Items for DPS Death Knights at your fingertips broken up by spec, and then 6 different categories based upon your hit and expertise values.  Pure money!!    Click it to check BISI out.  It’s also at the top of the page as well!!

-Suffer Well Brothers and Sisters.

P.S.  Yeah I edited…sue me! 

Tags: Coming Soon

Heya guys!!  Been sick.  Stupid sick actually, hence not working the past two days (long time readers, yes I do have some health issues).  So sorry for the lack of posts.  To top things off I have quit my guild Sleepless Knights, which I have been a member of for the past 3 years.

It was a good run.  A damn good run actually.  Clearing all content in BC except for KJ himself (until the 3.0 boss nerf), and just so much more that I cannot express in words.  The old guard of SK made my stay there very enjoyable.  Sadly however, things change.

I addressed with the GM’s of SK some severe issues I had with how the guild was moving forward several months ago.  The points were acknowledged and admited.  But to date nothing has changed.  And that’s not ok with me anymore.

The fact is that SK is no longer the same home as it once was.  So it’s time for me to find a new guild to call home.  So, between these two things I’ve just not had a lot of time to invest in posts recently.  But don’t worry, I’ve got plenty coming!! 

-Suffer Well Brothers and Sisters.

Tags: Coming Soon