6 points free to spend as you like. Bladed Armor, BCB, IIT, IUP are the likely point dumps for maximized dps. But with such limited info still it’s hard to say which of those would eat your final points up.
3 points free to spend as you like. You could argue to take the 3 points out of Virulence, but with the emphasis in blue posts regarding hit requirements in Cata it seems the most sound choice atm.
No points free. Hopefully there will be further iteration on this spec. It’s shy on points unlike Frost and Unholy and doesn’t currently meet the “design goal” like Frost and Unholy.
Comments
Part of Blood’s issue stems from the fact that there are 3 mandatory points in Frost and Unholy both that every spec will have to take.
Runic Empowerment 3/3 and Virulence 3/3 will be mandatory for every spec as they stand. This is advantageous for Frost and Unholy, but detrimental to Blood.
As always, things will change, this stuff won’t hold, but it’s again an idea of how things are shaping up.
SJ Update
For those who read my last post and got a laugh, awesome!!
I re-read it today and laughed my ass off, heh. Though I was quite unhappy at the time. I keep thinking of Shadow trying to clean herself and I just laugh.
So what have I been up to? Delving into PC gaming!! Interested? I’m sharing even if you’re not!! o.O That’s me eying you up son!!
Steam
If you’ve never heard of it, and you have any interest in PC games at all, check it out. Steam fucking rocks!
It’s basically a one stop shop for pc gaming needs. You purchase games on Steam and download them to your PC. While they do not carry all games, they carry a lot of them, sometimes even console only games.
The major advantage is that you can download the game after purchase and never have to deal with cd/dvd’s or registration codes. It does it all for you.
Down side? There’s some restriction on the total amount of PC’s you can use the games on. Not sure what the count is, but I don’t go through a million computers or give these games to my friends. So I’m golden. Restrictions sit around the number of 5 PC’s typically from what I understand.
The had a sale over the 4th of July weekend with games discounted between 25% to 75%. I picked up Mass Effect 2 for $23, Portal for $3, Borderlands + all 3 DLC for $20, etc…
That’s the other huge upside. Unlike retailers they hold sales periodically which blow away retail prices. So if you wanted a game, but didn’t wanna shell out the $50-$60 for it, Steam is a great place to watch and wait for the sales to hit.
And then there is BBC America, the home of Doctor Who and Being Human! There’s some other solid shows there as well, but I *MUST* have BBCAM for those 2 shows!!
I recently moved, if some of you remember, and my stupid roomie Mythra had basic cable with only 22 channels. You believe that crap?! /wrists
So we finally got the cable flipped over with the 2 channel packages which have these two channels. It was like $3/month for each package, which added like 20-40 channels? There’s actually a few I’ll watch…maybe…
But seriously, being able to watch X-Play again every day it airs, plus catch AotS when I want to, and getting Doctor Who and Being Human back has made me seriously happy!
Mass Effect 2
Mass Effect 2 is eating my soul…nom nom nom…
Played it through once and followed the plot too quickly without fully understanding how your crew is affected…so they all died except the doctor because I waited too long…
But my landing crew survived 100% except for Jacob. Whom I killed on purpose because he’s a lil whiny bitch that spews blood covered tapons and douche whenever he speaks. Reminds me of Kaiden, or whatever his name was in ME1. I killed his stupid ass too. /approving nod
Anyways, I played through the first time as a Soldier and then the second now as an Infiltrator. Well that’s not 100% true. I found this mod/editor which allows you to change stuff. You can use it to cheat, but I have avoided that.
What I have used however is the class change!! INORITE!?! So I’ve been swapping my classes back and forth trying them all without having to make brand new toons each time. It’s pure win!!
It’s kind of fucked though… Soldier and Infiltrator are really powerful, but the other classes are weak in comparison. Especially once I tried the game on “Hardcore” setting.
I can attempt fights on Hardcore as a biotic (I’ve avoided Sentinel as I don’t like it) and just get monkey stomped over and over again. If I do the same fight on Hardcore with Soldier or Infiltrator I knock it out in one attempt. Not balanced…
Infiltrator is *amazing* btw! I *heart* my Widow sniper rifle! But once I get the specialized shotgun later I’ll be breaking out the Adept class again to try that out.
Portal
Bought it for $3. Finished it (normal) in less than 2 hours… Was it worth it? Yes. Really fun.
Will probably try the “advanced” maps later on, but I’m not as excited about that. Portal is amazingly fun, but far too short.
Health
It’s better, but I need to get back to working out again. My arm is no longer fucked up from moving (hurt it bad, strain or a pull or something) and I’ve not been sick in a while, excepting that debacle on the 5th.
So I’ve got no more excuses… o.O
So you’re doing what exactly…
Basically I’ve been sitting down and relaxing some while trying to take care of me.
I don’t think I’ll be coming back to WoW as a full time raider so long as raiding requires me to not get a full uninterrupted 7 hours of sleep. So that means no full time raiding for me with Heretic, probably now and ever.
Even if I want to raid full time with them down the road, eventually (whether it took a few weeks or months) I’d get to the point again of wanting to kill someone for sleep.
So with my current work schedule, raiding on an Oceanic server is out. And raiding on a US server is out already… /sigh
Beta
I’m still not in it…shocker. If I get in, I will get some testing in and post thoughts, ideas, etc…
Cataclysm Release
I’m tempted to say no, I won’t be there for it. But then I know me. Most likely I will be sitting outside Game Stop yet again for the midnight release like the last 2 times. *smirk*
Will I be the hardcore raider posting dps love like before? Not sure. As things stand, that just won’t be possible.
I am seriously considering coming back to WoW after 4.0 and doing the hardcore PvP thing for Cata, which would have far less time constraints. But that is all up in the air for now.
Other Games/MMO’s?
Yes. I will likely go check out Champions Online again at some point, though I doubt I will play longer than a month tops.
It’s got failings that I think it can’t ever overcome. While I want to see the improvements they’ve made, I do not expect them to be enough to bring me back full time.
And next year there is the new Star Wars MMO. That is looking really really good btw!
Here is the CGI trailer (not indicative of in game play). You need to watch this!!
Rage
Don’t know if you guys heard about this game or know what E3 is. E3 is a big deal in the gaming world fyi…
Rage, created by those guys who made such trivial and unknown games like Doom and Quake, is their newest project with a brand new game engine which may redefine the future of first person stylized games (not mmo’s).
If you are familiar with how many games use the Unreal engine as their basis, the new ID Tech 5 appears to be the beast defining a new age in game software.
SJ’s Games of 2011
What? Yes!
These are the games I will end up playing next year:
Diablo III
Rage
WoW: Cataclysm
Star Wars MMO
DC Universe
Skeleton Jack Posting
When I came back to posting after my sabbatical I said the posts would be intermittent at best. That turned into 5-9 posts a week and hardcore raiding again. While I gave more than I promised, I will not be maintaining that pace any longer.
It comes down to the most basic and simple of precepts. I want to do more things that I have the hours in the day to achieve.
Rewrite the Realms of Wonder table top RPG I created.
Write a novel.
Play a ton of PC games I really like.
Play WoW.
Write a blog.
Watch movies I’m behind on.
Create a new story and plot for a D20 campaign to run.
Read books I’m way behind on.
Work out again.
Go find a social life and start dating again. I’ve had enough time now since I had to break up with my fiance.
You get the point…
It’s not a question of balance or order. It’s just too much shit to do!
So what happens to the website and my writing?
I’d seriously consider working for another site, if it had a respectable and solid reputation, on an intermittent basis. Writing posts once a week or so, or simply focusing multiple posts during heavy content releases and backing off during slow periods.
But that would require me to find someone who wanted that, or for them to find me.
I also considered the video blog thing, doing a release once a week like other sites do. I am a fan of the format and style of BFF and Tank Spot, for example.
And then there is the other side option of just doing intermittent posting on my site. That would likely see spurts of crazy posting when content releases happen and I “get into” WoW. And then fall off during lulls…
I think if I was just doing it for me at that point a large factor would be my happiness, or unhappiness, at having weird raid restrictions due to my work hours.
If it was for someone else, it’s easier to stick to a “job” and just crank out articles at a slower pace on set deadlines. At least for me anyways…
I’ve also considered just posting every 1-2 weeks with “Mega Posts” of awesomeness. Sometimes you’ll see me have 5+ posts in a month covering one topic. Instead I could crank out one mega posts every week to two weeks with wicked cool info about DK’s or WoW.
What else did I think about doing? Oh, making this blog a “Skeleton Jack Blog” and not a “DK Blog”. What does that mean?
Posting about gaming in general from my perspective, whether MMO or not.
No, becoming “yet another stupid gaming site” wouldn’t be the goal or design. I’d be focusing on humor, interesting things about games, my experiences in games, etc…
The Answer
There isn’t one, which you could surmise had you just read all of that. It’s up in the air still.
The only fact that is relevant is that I still *love* to write. So that is a major influence in the final result.
What if you had a guild where you could get a full 7 hours+ sleep before or after raids, and still tackle top end heroic content?
I’d probably be posting about it and loving every second!!
Heya guys!! If you noticed, or not, I’ve posted 6 posts today and 3 yesterday. Pretty much if it was saved and ready for print without any proofing left, I hit the “Publish” button.
Relating to why you should read the post made today regarding my burnt out:
I’m taking a week off of from my website at least. Not sure if longer… Need to work out some things. I don’t plan on logging in to approve comments, read anything, empty spam folders, etc…
So feel free to post comments and ask questions. Please do so in fact. Even if I quit posting on a longer term scale I’ll make sure to get in some comment answers and info up.
Just be aware it’s going to be at least a week before I decide to come back in and check everything out.
Again if you’re wondering what’s up, you need to read my post a few posts down.
So I was talking to one of my good friends about what the xpac blues are and it got me thinking about stuff. Last night I had to take the night off of raiding due to some rl complications and that allowed me to relax and just chill some.
It was nice. I picked up Mass Effect 2 finally from Steam for $23.99! If you play other video games you should be checking out Steam right now. They are having some amazing sales through the 4th.
But anyways, I had already prewritten like 7 posts for this week. So excepting this post here, and the CATA NDA lift posts yesterday, I had nothing to write.
So I was kicking it back realizing I had 3 nights off of raiding and didn’t even have to work on a blog post for several days…and I felt this *HUGE* massive weight lift off of me…
That’s bad.
Not having to raid or work on the blog shouldn’t be a relief. But it was. So I wrote my friend trying to vent all of this and work it out and then decided to post about it. Why?
Well it directly addresses what a lot of people think or feel in regards to “xpac blues” for one. And also, it could impact my raiding and/or blogging. So why not give a heads up on my thought process?
Skeleton Jack’s X-Pac Blues
Part of the issue…ok, almost the entire issue here is time and commitment.
Current Issues
4 nights a week my sleep is interrupted to raid. I have to take a nap before raid, then raid, and then only get 4-5 hours of sleep tops before work. And I’m a 7-10 hour sleep kinda guy. That is getting seriously fucking stressful.
I can’t do normal content with my guild on off nights. I go to bed early on my 3 off nights due to #1, so I’m in bed by 9pm server time at latest. Sometimes before 7pm. So 10 mans, etc, are out of the question.
Writing my blog at the level that I do requires a *lot* of time. I spend roughly 20 hours a week working on the blog and/or research about WoW. Some of that does help me learn the game better, but I wouldn’t spend nearly as much time if it was just for myself.
Due to the weird schedule resulting from #1 I don’t get a lot of stuff done that I would normally. Reading, writing, working out, etc… I want to relax and stuff when I get home, so it becomes a pain to work anything else in besides WoW on those nights…
I’m a minor celebrity in a pool of 11 million people. That’s cool and all. But what does it get me? Not a whole lot.
On the “rant” side of this it sucks having to prove myself to the new guild, not getting loot (I’ve been skipped constantly since this guild merger), getting weird ass sleep 4 nights a week, always writing posts and working on blog instead of doing other things, not having time to make for working out, going out, etc…
But then I think about CATA… I would like to raid and experience the content…it looks amazing!! And then I think about what would be required to make that happen.
Cutting everything out that I could (including blog) I’d still have to raid 4 nights a week with interrupted sleep for at least 1-2 months before we had all content down and could take a break. And then with CATA release I’d have to start the pattern up again with 4 nights of interrupted sleep every week guaranteed.
So I keep coming back to that. If I dropped the blog, dropped researching stuff, and just did more of a casual style of play with only 4 nights of raiding… I still think of raiding with a cringe of dread. So why?
Reasoning
The time constraint and the interrupted sleep is what I keep coming back to. Raiding takes up 4 1/2 to 5 hours total.
Be online 30 min in advance, raid for 3 1/2 hours, and then miscellaneous stuff before and after where I’m involved with WoW or getting ready to be on for a few hours, so I’m not doing anything else. 4 1/2 is probably more accurate. So 18 hours a week gone.
Due to sleeping before and after raid times, and wanting to relax some, that turns 4 nights a week into “dead zones” where nothing gets done due to personal preferences.
So my 3 nights left I can do stuff. Sometimes I just sit there and think, “I’m not doing stuff when I’d do it normally because I’m making a commitment to a game…”
Don’t get me wrong…if it’s a hobby and you want to make the commitment then great!! But I think I’m at a point where I only want to make that kind of commitment 1-2 nights a week, and no more.
And as to the blog… That is such a weird love/hate relationship there. I *LOVE* to write. I love helping out my readers. I like helping people.
I realized years ago that being a trainer or teacher of some kind would be something I would love to do so long as it did not involve being in a high school or elementary school. No thanks to that there. But I love to help people learn things and I love to write. My blog is the *perfect* outlet for that desire!!
But then there is the *hate*. Well, dislike is more apt. I don’t really hate any part of it. 15-20 hours a week working on material to have it to where I can make 5-9 posts a week is a lot of fricking time. Especially when combined with raiding…
So 18 hours of my week are spent raiding. And then there’s another 15+ hours of my week invested in my blog and research.
And that doesn’t include time spent doing VoA, weekly raid quest, JC daily, random daily, and random BG’s… So in actuality I spend 40-45 hours a week on WoW.
Fuck me.
No fucking wonder I’m burnt out on it. All of that on top of working a 40 hour a week job where I’ve been having to pull some overtime on occasion (like this week).
The Fix
No fucking idea. I’m cursing now on my site which just goes to show how at the end of my rope I am on this one.
New Guild?
Finding a top end guild (or even just a decent raiding guild at a lower level of play) that fits my work schedule is a pain in the ass. I’ve already spent like 30-40 hours on that project. I’m mostly limited to Oceanic guilds if I want to stay on a US server.
So finding a new guild doesn’t solve anything. Heretic is a good guild and has some cool people in it.
The Blog?
So reduce writing on the blog or quit it entirely? That doesn’t work. I tried that.
What ends up happening is that if I’m playing WoW I inevitably get drawn back to “only make one or two posts a week…” Next thing you know I’m pumping out 1 post a day again.
And that’s controlling myself! I used to post between 12-20 times a week! Especially when I’m excited about new stuff. I did just 3 posts yesterday when I got stoked about CATA!!
Nowadays I force myself to just post one thing a day to help prevent burnout. And even doing that it’s not working so well…
So even if I “quit” the blog, if I’m playing WoW I *know* myself. I will end up right back here again posting about DK’s… I can accept my own flaws and acknowledge them!
Go Casual?
UGH!! /scowl
*mutters angrily* How do you play WoW casually?!!? I. DO. NOT. GET. THAT!!
I mean, if you’re in a guild and you guys can’t progress… Or you have kids or a business or a marriage or something…commitments to prevent you. Or you don’t have the skill level… If there are reasons then I get it!
But if you have lots of free time (which I do) and the skill and knowledge… How do you look at these bosses in instances mocking you, teasing you with their epics like little tarts, without bringing down the pain!?!
I ask you!! I do not know if I, personally, am capable of playing WoW casually. Watching friends and guildies tackling content while I sit on the sidelines… Not sure if that’s in me.
I considered coming back to WoW (when I quit before after playing for 5 years straight) for CATA just to be a PvP’er. I’d do rated BG’s and maybe Arena. And that’d be it.
*MAYBE* I could stomach that. Not sure.
Quit WoW?
OMFG I WANT CATACLYSM!!! O.O
I know…cake…eat it too…I get it. I didn’t say this was “easy” for me.
Facing the Truth
Really, what it all comes down to, is that I want two different things which are not possible at the same time.
I want to be in a top end raiding guild tackling the toughest content, but I only want to do it 1-2 nights a week tops. GL there…won’t happen.
I want to write about WoW on my site, but I want the knowledge to magically pour out of my brain and on to the webs instantly! But oh yeah…real life sets in.
Something is going to have to give is what it all comes down to. Because I will not continue as is for more than another month tops. It won’t happen.
As to what change that will be I’m not sure…
Quit WoW entirely
Take a break until CATA
Stop writing on the blog
Try to find a guild below my skill level that will take me on to just raid 1-2 nights a week
Become a PvP’er for CATA and put raiding to the side
I don’t know… But something will change in the future.
Advice
My friend suggested to me that she thinks I should just take a break for a while. She knows how much I like WoW and my website.
But she also pointed out that being a hardcore WoW player and blog writer is like having two full time jobs and that it might be time to let part, or all, or WoW go.
Sadly I agree with all of her points and am just not sure what the solution is yet.
Heya guys!! So some people are not so hot at online research or finding WoW related information on the internet. So here’s a quick and dirty list of some good sites to check out.
Heya guys!! This was part of the upcoming surprise. Skeleton Jack is getting a face lift!!
No. Not me. The website!! o.O
Website
For those of you who remember Creep (briefly posted here on the site), she’s become a great friend that I met online through the blogging stuff. And she’s helped me a few times already here on the website with getting stuff fixed.
So anyway, we spoke last night and she’s agreed to start working on the website over the next few months (pre-CATA release) to redo the website. I’m also considering adding in the forums here and tweaking a few things that I’ve discussed with you guys in the past.
She plans to use my website as part of her portfolio, so this is pretty much WIN/WIN for both of us. It helps her career and it helps me get this website where I’ve always wanted it, but never had the patience or know how to get it there.
Graphics and Logo
You know any artists out there? Someone in graphics design? And preferably willing to work for portfolio padding, aka work for free?! If so, send them my way!!
I would like to get a custom logo and a graphic header for my site done. What do I mean? (I gotta spell this out because I don’t know the lingo and could be using it wrong… o.o)
Logo
I want one of those super tiny logos that go on the tab of the internet browser and also appear before the “http” on the web address. WoW Head is a great example as you see their logo on both. Feel free to look.
I’m thinking something with the initials SJ on it. Nothing too fancy, it’s gonna be tiny.
Header Graphics
I want a custom picture to use as a banner, or header, for my website. It needs to include both Skeleton Jack and Skeleton Jill in the picture with probably a ghoul as well. I don’t want…”rough” artwork where the detail level is low. And I don’t want anything avant garde, abstract, or new age either.
I want something that’s high quality, high definition, and high detail. Whether it’s stealing models from WoW, drawn artwork, or graphic design on a computer…I don’t know. It depends really on how good it looks.
And don’t anyone go start working on some project without talking to me about it please. I’d hate for someone to go work on something that had you asked me about it, I could have told you I hate the concept behind the picture. I am picky.
Yes, beggers cannot be choosers. But I can choose not to use it. And I’d rather not waste someone’s times or hurt someone’s feelings because I didn’t like something they put their time and effort into just for me. That’s just not cool.
Also, for at least the next 1-2 months, I am probably not going to be 100% sure on racial pic. It’s possible I may choose to race change with Cata depending on how the new racials change up. So I’m more putting feelers out now and bringing this up to spread the word.
Avatar
This is the lowest priority. But it would be wicked cool to have a personal Avatar made for forum posting, etc.
What do you get out of it?
I will plug you. You have a website? I’ll link it. You want to use me in a portfolio? Cool. I can also see about “credits” being put on the physical site somewhere as well.
This site is over 3 million hits, and over 6 million views. And that is with me taking a massive sabbatical from the website which lost me a huge portion of my reader base. I’ve even had days where this site did nearly 100k visits in a day in it’s peak.
And I will breach that peak in the future of Cataclysm information release. This website is well known in the WoW community. You will get the plug from that, and have the option of portfolio use. Sadly I don’t really have the cash flow to invest into this project or I would.
So I’ve been trying to make an effort as of late to come up with interesting posts that cover topics that people need to know about. And I’ve done a fairly solid job with anywhere between 3-6 posts in a week that are fairly relevant to my reader base.
Also, I still have room to sit down and do some heavier research on Unholy DPS, DK tanking, and DK PvP. So there are a fair bit of topics floating around that I can pursue. There are also my “Improve your game by SJ” posts. Those typically (the solid in depth ones) take several days to put together.
So there’s not exactly a shortage of topics atm. That said, sometimes I want to write, and sometimes I don’t. The current method I employ to deal with this is sometimes writing two to four posts in advance. If the writing bug has me, why not keep writing? That way when there is a day that I just do not want to write I don’t have to.
But that doesn’t mean that the slow possibility of blog burnout can’t creep back up on me again. Because while I can think of lots of things to write about, they’re not the stuff I necessarily *want* to be writing about such as Cataclysm.
Sadly it’ll probably be some time before I can get into that material. So, what do you think I should do about it? Keep in mind I reserve the write to call you all cheeky little monkeys, laugh at you, and then move on doing what I want to do!!
I’m considering putting the blog into “passive” mode where I put out 3-5 posts a week that are relevant to DK’s, and then 1 additional fun post as well. What do you think of that? Until there’s *more* new stuff to talk about anyways.
Sidebar: Working a lot this last week+, and I’m beat. Can’t promise too much in the way of posts right now. Did get back into ICC25 Heroic though, so I will have a post coming talking about my dps performance again.
I also picked up my first few pieces of ilvl277 gear as well last night, so I’m interested to see what will be possible with a Frost spec with improved gear.
Heya guys!! Skeleton Jack is finally undead!! Bout time right?
Insurrection and Severed Merge
The guilds Insurrection and Severed have merged into the new guild Heretic. Insurrection is Alliance and Severed is Horde, hence the screen shot. So goodbye fleshy bits and pieces, hello skeletal frame showing through my armor!!
Insurrection is ranked ranked 1st Server, 184 US, and 515 World. Severed is ranked 2nd Server, 240 US, and 663 World. The hope is that Heretic will become a stronger competitor in the progression race utilizing a stronger and fuller pool of raiders for raid content progression.
Why Undead SJ?!
My first toon ever was an Undead Rogue. Why? Because it was an Undead Rogue!! Hello?! And have you taken the time to actually *read* my name? “Skeleton” Jack. It speaks for itself.
While Orc is the ultimate PvE DPS race for DK’s, I just don’t go for all of that hogwash. Yeah, I called it hogwash. You heard me. Plus, *I* happen to love to PvP and the extra Fear break racial is the bomb imo!!
World of Warcraft is still a game. And as such, you should be making some decisions based off of what you like and enjoy. Orcs look like tubby lil fatties with bad teeth and hair. Maybe if you could make an Orc with ebony black skin for that black orc feel I’d like them more… But as is, Orcs look dumb to me in WoW.
And while I hate, hate, HATE the fact that Undead apparently cannot find armor *anywhere* that will cover their kneecaps (read: idiotic morons at Blizzard), I love how Undead look and feel in comparison!
Little known fact about Faction Changes…
Raid ID’s reset!! O.O You heard me, they reset!! Did VoA25 two times this week already and we’re gonna do ICC25 a 2nd time this week!!
So if you feel like paying $30.00 for a one way faction change (3 day cool down on faction changes), you too can raid the same content twice in one week!! (If you really spend $30.00 just for the extra raid, you need to roll and alt or something, fyi…)
Heya guys!! I spent the past few weeks trying to figure out where to go and what to do about raiding…and Insurrection on Dath’Remar-US Oceanic was the result! Skeletonjack is officially server transfered and in the guild as of yesterday.
What about Paragon Bronzebeard-US?
Paragon on BB-US has some just awesome people in it. For the brief stint that I was there I have to say that I am glad I got to meet those players. But with my new career I just cannot meet US prime time raiding times anymore…
While there is an insurmountable list of people I should be thanking and saying goodbye to, I am hesitant to do so to avoid hurting the feelings of those I might forget. That said, there are one or two exceptions I must adhere to.
Hobbsy, aka Lia, aka Nashena, aka Rashera I’m gonna fricking miss you man. Still gonna be calling you to talk about random bs!!
Diremudflap, the only /approved gnome in WoW by me. Thanks for the best of times and an amazing friendship.
Nymira, the one person who bent over backwards to help me out without anything in it for him. I will never forget how you helped me out with Shadow’s Edge before we became friends.
Eriss, one of the most amazing women in the world. The one who got me to play WoW. I miss you and it sucks you live in England now and play EU!!
And to everyone else, sorry for not naming you. But the 4 people above are people I talk to on the phone and very good friends I’ve met in WoW. And Nymira? When someone who doesn’t know you gives you like 10+ Primordial Saronite to help you get your legendary quest done…they bear special commendations!!
So, Insurrection?!?! OMFG What’s up?!
Insurrection is the number 1 ranked guild on Dath’Remar. They are ranked 184 US and 511 World for 25man progression, and then 95 US and 323 World for 25man achievements. Something I just found out last night was pretty interesting too.
Oceanic servers get their weekly Tuesday maintenance at 10:00 pm server time (or 22:00), which means most Oceanic guilds don’t raid on patch day (read new content release). I’d be pretty damn interested in where they’d be ranked if they could raid on content release days instead of always a day behind…
So that’s why you joined? They’re high ranked?
Nope!
So, how did you decide where to apply?
The first 2 weeks of looking for a late night or am raiding guild was pure hell until Hobbsy explained Oceanic servers to me. From there I went to every single one and tried the name Skeletonjack. Seven of the servers did not have the name taken. So I hopped on over to Guild Ox and checked them out.
I did not examine any Horde guilds, fyi. I *HAVE* to be a Worgen DK in CATA!! Werewolf Death Knight…need I say more?
Basically I looked through the top world 1000 guilds on those servers and started lurking in their guild site public forums. And after a week or so of trying to gauge the personalities in different guilds, while checking progression and how informative their application threads were, I settled on Insurrection.
I applied, got accepted, server transferred, and viola!
Like it there?
Yeah, been pretty cool so far, even if it’s just been for a day, heh. The most surprising thing was several people in the guild either read my blog at some point, or had heard of me. I’m used to tells on Bronzebeard all the time, and questions in random dungeons and BG’s like, “Are you *the* Skeleton Jack?” But I wasn’t expecting it at the guild I applied to.
So far the people seem really cool. And after spending some time reading through their NSFW guild thread, I know I’m gonna fit right in. LMFAO, some of those threads have had me dying laughing.
The Future!
So I’m finally back into a serious hard core progression guild again. And I am stoked. Don’t take that comment the wrong way btw. Paragon is a great guild. And if anyone on BB ever thought of applying there, trust me, it’s a great virtual home in WoW!!
But getting to crack my teeth on hard modes again on par with the progression in SK while I was there… I can’t wait!!
And the upside for you guys too? More in depth end game content posts!! o.O
I’m also thinking about bringing back some of the Epic Fail and Fun posts again. Just gotta figure out what I wanna do about NSFW material. Something to look forward to though…
When Axi0m originally approached me I thought it was some kind of a scam. But a few e-mails later and I’m catching up with him on X-Fire bs’ing about WoW.
Overall it was pretty cool talking to him. There was like an entire behind the scenes conversation going on during the interview where we were joking around and talking about DK stuff. It was pretty cool.
So yeah. If you wanna see me on a major WoW site? There it is!! Go click it and give that link some love!! Comment love on WoR is totally in the WIN column btw!
