tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66063501509334864572024-03-14T06:43:28.155-05:00Plate & MailA World of Warcraft blog from a "hardcore" CasualMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11913019346808889535noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606350150933486457.post-47660367833581479702013-02-05T11:43:00.001-06:002013-02-05T11:43:04.490-06:00Raider of the LFRI made my first run in the LFR last night through Mogu’shan Vaults. I’m honestly not sure how I feel about it at this point.
First off, I think there seems like a big push by Blizzard to push people into the LFR. I have been running dungeons in the LFD since that came out back in Wrath. I’ve been quite happy with it. Before that, I tried to run a few dungeons back in the day, but would Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11913019346808889535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606350150933486457.post-57819443295652569912013-02-04T14:24:00.001-06:002013-02-04T14:24:15.624-06:00Bloodied UpAfter leveling up my Fury Warrior when MOP first came out, I turned my attention back to my Blood Elf DK. I've leveled him up and geared him up to iLevel 466 in the LFD with a few pieces of Rep gear thrown in.
Mostly I've leveled as Frost DPS. I played as Frost ever since the three trees were revamped at the beginning of Cata, and like to think I have a decent handle on it. However, as I've Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11913019346808889535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606350150933486457.post-70657784469318152872013-02-04T13:16:00.001-06:002013-02-04T19:14:28.058-06:00Daily BluesKind of hitting the wall on the dailies. I finished the Dominance Offensive this weekend. I really enjoyed that and thought it was some of the beat dailies work Blizzard has done.
Unfortunately, I'm still working on the 5.0 daily reps and I'm finding them to be a grind. I hit revered with Golden Lotus, which was nice and picked up the Chest piece there. That also unlocked the Shado-Pan and Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11913019346808889535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606350150933486457.post-62306910621900201062013-01-17T09:54:00.001-06:002013-01-17T09:54:20.601-06:00Back to the blogI never really got off the ground with this WoW blog, but I thought I'd give another go now that we're hip deep into MOP. I have leveled both a Fury Warrior and my Frost Death Knight to 90. I have started working on my Ret Paladin too, but mostly I'm running Dailies, scenarios, and five mans on my DK.
I see a lot of chatter on the blog-o-sphere about dailies. I think the way they were Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11913019346808889535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606350150933486457.post-60247988052819886732011-03-19T11:32:00.001-05:002011-03-19T23:46:10.612-05:00Creature ComfortsI was looking for an activity, so I decided to start leveling some of the professions that I'd never done on my alts. I'm using my Fury Warrior as a bank alt, so I decided to level Blacksmithing and Engineering on them. I had read that both of these are expensive to level and don't generate a lot of cash, but with $300k in the bank, I figured I'm in position to finally level them now.
I've Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11913019346808889535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606350150933486457.post-82328098943391397852011-03-18T18:54:00.000-05:002011-03-18T18:54:12.737-05:00Questing in CataclysmSo I've been thinking a lot about how questing has evolved and specifically about questing in Cataclysm.
When I started WoW back in Vanilla, the questing wasn't sophisticated by any stretch of the imagination. I loaded up my quest log with every available quest until it was full and then I went out and killed my boars. Pretty straight forward. There wasn't much story, but the good thing wasMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11913019346808889535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606350150933486457.post-81927163209826260662011-03-17T23:09:00.000-05:002011-03-17T23:09:43.457-05:00Northrend BluesI have to admit, I'm suffering from a serious case of the Northrend Blues. What do I mean with all this new content?
Well, I spent several years leveling up two toons to 80 during Wrath, eventually running my share of heriocs and gearing them up. I also have three more characters I played into the lower 70's, two at 72 and one at 73. When Cataclysm came out, I started leveling my DK throughMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11913019346808889535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606350150933486457.post-75094612707494443922011-03-16T22:42:00.000-05:002011-03-16T22:42:39.090-05:00To Scribe or Not to Scribe...Lately I've been reading a lot about the Glyph market and there seems to be two polarized camps on it now. One camp says that the Shattering and Cataclysm killed the Glyph market. The cost of materials is up, while the demand for repeat glyphs has disappeared, resulting in prices below cost and no more profits. They say you can still make a little money on Fortune Cards or the Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11913019346808889535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606350150933486457.post-5168906143092307312011-03-16T19:38:00.001-05:002011-03-16T21:47:51.681-05:00Vial of The SandsSince Catclysm, I've been making some serious Gold on the Auction House, so I decided that I would spring for the Vial of the Sands. I thought it would be pretty cool to be an early mover on the "cool" mount this expansion, and what's cooler than turning yourself into a dragon? I have to say though, that in the end, the Sandstone Drake is a little disappointing. Sure, Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11913019346808889535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606350150933486457.post-20103300730437970922011-03-16T17:47:00.000-05:002011-03-16T17:48:02.405-05:00"Hardcore" CasualWelcome to the Argent Stand, the ongoing struggles of a World of Warcraft "hardcore" casual. Is that an oxymoron or what?! I've never really fit in the categories very well. It's hard to say that I'm strickly casual, as I've been playing WoW since pretty consistently since Vanilla. I've taken small breaks here and there, but I've pretty much played a few times a week for an hour or so and Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11913019346808889535noreply@blogger.com0