The internet was down, couldn't go, missed an easy 23 badges, and another chance at the T4 Gloves, as well as a chance to see how much my damage increased in a raid setting.
Damnit all the fucking hell....
Monday, June 30, 2008
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
The Haste...We Haz It!!
Yes. That's right. We've got haste...and a decent amount too.
114 to be exact. The Healadin had a stockpile of cash at hand, and decided to through the Mage an early birthday.
So the belt and the pants are mines.
So what did we deck the new gear out with?
6 New Blue Gems
6 New Yellow Gems
and
2 New Red Gems
That, plus our new cloak, put the Mage at 114. That's a 7% haste increase.
Kara on Saturday...we'll see how it goes...
114 to be exact. The Healadin had a stockpile of cash at hand, and decided to through the Mage an early birthday.
So the belt and the pants are mines.
So what did we deck the new gear out with?
6 New Blue Gems
6 New Yellow Gems
and
2 New Red Gems
That, plus our new cloak, put the Mage at 114. That's a 7% haste increase.
Kara on Saturday...we'll see how it goes...
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Damn yous T4!!!!!!
Full Kara clear this morning, 'cept Illhoof, we had no locks, and I was the only ranged DPS. Not a great make up for Kara, but it worked.
Had horrible luck with the Inferno's on Prince, they completely cut us off from our tank 3 times on the second attempt, including landing on Prince and the melle twice.
Curator still refuses to drop my T4 glove token, but I did get the head off of Prince. Not better than what I have, but I'll take it, you never know right?
No mind blade either....grrrr.
Did get enough badges for the new back though. Cloak of Arcane Alacrity. Yes it has resilience, but show me a better dps back with haste and decent stats...I dare you.
Up to 1010 frost unbuffed, and our dps went up alot from the last run.
Had horrible luck with the Inferno's on Prince, they completely cut us off from our tank 3 times on the second attempt, including landing on Prince and the melle twice.
Curator still refuses to drop my T4 glove token, but I did get the head off of Prince. Not better than what I have, but I'll take it, you never know right?
No mind blade either....grrrr.
Did get enough badges for the new back though. Cloak of Arcane Alacrity. Yes it has resilience, but show me a better dps back with haste and decent stats...I dare you.
Up to 1010 frost unbuffed, and our dps went up alot from the last run.
Monday, June 16, 2008
Guild Woes...
So,
The Grull run didn't happen. As much as people were talking about it, there weren't enough signed up. No go for the 25 mans.
We've had a massive influx of people in the last couple of weeks. A guild on our server broke up over some drama, and we have assimilated quit a few of the suddenly guildless individuals. As such, there has been a little "non drama". Some people getting adjusted to our loot rules, and how newer people are on a trail basis for a couple weeks.
I'm still leveling the priest, she's 51 now, and I have plenty of time to go.
Can't wait till the wife gets back.
The Healadin is off of leave, and back in town, so maybe I can get him to try his hand at posting soon. He really has some good stories, which I think he should share.
The Grull run didn't happen. As much as people were talking about it, there weren't enough signed up. No go for the 25 mans.
We've had a massive influx of people in the last couple of weeks. A guild on our server broke up over some drama, and we have assimilated quit a few of the suddenly guildless individuals. As such, there has been a little "non drama". Some people getting adjusted to our loot rules, and how newer people are on a trail basis for a couple weeks.
I'm still leveling the priest, she's 51 now, and I have plenty of time to go.
Can't wait till the wife gets back.
The Healadin is off of leave, and back in town, so maybe I can get him to try his hand at posting soon. He really has some good stories, which I think he should share.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Things to come...
Few things in the pipeline...
Bought a new computer, or the parts at least, and am waiting on just the case now. It's gonna be tasty. 3GHz Quad Core, two nVidia 9800's, 4 GBs of RAM, and a couple TB's of space...can't wait.
Gonna try and organize a decent "About Me" to put up on here...
Gonna try and get the healadin I mentioned in my first post to stop by and explian how Blizz handles Power Leveling Services. It's an awesome story.
The Wife is back in the states, and I have the house to myself for 18 more days. can someone say a 70 shadow priest? I can.
The guild is attempting our first 25 man on sunday, I think we're all a little over geared to be in our first 25 man, but we have been working on getting enough people for a little while. Well, now we've got 'em. Gruul, here we come...
I just picked up the Spellstrike Hood, and it's got me thinking about the pants too, and maybe the Belt of Blasting while I'm at it. They aren't huge upgrades, but they'll keep my spell hit up, and allow me to be a little more free with my gems. What am I thinkin' when I say a little more "free".
These....mmmmmmmm.
Bought a new computer, or the parts at least, and am waiting on just the case now. It's gonna be tasty. 3GHz Quad Core, two nVidia 9800's, 4 GBs of RAM, and a couple TB's of space...can't wait.
Gonna try and organize a decent "About Me" to put up on here...
Gonna try and get the healadin I mentioned in my first post to stop by and explian how Blizz handles Power Leveling Services. It's an awesome story.
The Wife is back in the states, and I have the house to myself for 18 more days. can someone say a 70 shadow priest? I can.
The guild is attempting our first 25 man on sunday, I think we're all a little over geared to be in our first 25 man, but we have been working on getting enough people for a little while. Well, now we've got 'em. Gruul, here we come...
I just picked up the Spellstrike Hood, and it's got me thinking about the pants too, and maybe the Belt of Blasting while I'm at it. They aren't huge upgrades, but they'll keep my spell hit up, and allow me to be a little more free with my gems. What am I thinkin' when I say a little more "free".
These....mmmmmmmm.
One Click Wonders: Part 2
Time for part two of the fantastic Mage macros.
For part two I think I'll post a few usefull PvP macros.
The first being the ever loved; "Ele, Freeze, and get your Shatter combo" macro.
Break it down!!!
Line one will pull out your Ele, if it is dead, or doesn't exist.
Line two will stop the whole thing if you can't get a pet (cooldown might not be up)
Line three will put your pet on passive so it follows you.
Line four clicks the Ele's "Freeze" spell, and will give you the targeting reticle to use.
Line five will make your pet attack the target you want. (if none are selected, it will attack the Nova's mob/player)
You'll need to click this macro,(or smash the button) a few times to get it to go through, but it's a pretty nasty one when used right.
The next one is a Focus and CS macro.
First line stops your casting, so that you don't have to jump, or move, or hit esc.
Second line will set your target to focus, or target your focus, and if they are casting anything, it will Counterspell them.
Third line will Counterspell your mouseover if you have no target/focus.
Fourth line will target your focus, and Counterspell them if you see them casting.
The last is for those pesky Grounding Totems. You know the ones that can soak up an intire Pyroblast, or ruin a good Shatter combo?
Well this will take em out with hardly any mana...
First line shows the Tooltip
Second line stops your casting.
Third line targets the nearest grounding totem if there is one.
Fourth line will cast Ice Lance (or any other instant low mana spell)
Fifth line will retarget whomever you had targeted before.
For part two I think I'll post a few usefull PvP macros.
The first being the ever loved; "Ele, Freeze, and get your Shatter combo" macro.
/cast [target=pet,dead] Summon Water Elemental; [nopet] Summon Water Elemental
/stopmacro [nopet]
/petpassive
/click [pet] PetActionButton5
/petattack
Break it down!!!
Line one will pull out your Ele, if it is dead, or doesn't exist.
Line two will stop the whole thing if you can't get a pet (cooldown might not be up)
Line three will put your pet on passive so it follows you.
Line four clicks the Ele's "Freeze" spell, and will give you the targeting reticle to use.
Line five will make your pet attack the target you want. (if none are selected, it will attack the Nova's mob/player)
You'll need to click this macro,(or smash the button) a few times to get it to go through, but it's a pretty nasty one when used right.
The next one is a Focus and CS macro.
/stopcasting
/cast [target=focus,exists,harm] Counterspell
/cast [target=mouseover,harm] Counterspell;Counterspell
/cast [exists,harm] Counterspell
First line stops your casting, so that you don't have to jump, or move, or hit esc.
Second line will set your target to focus, or target your focus, and if they are casting anything, it will Counterspell them.
Third line will Counterspell your mouseover if you have no target/focus.
Fourth line will target your focus, and Counterspell them if you see them casting.
The last is for those pesky Grounding Totems. You know the ones that can soak up an intire Pyroblast, or ruin a good Shatter combo?
Well this will take em out with hardly any mana...
#showtooltip Ice Lance
/stopcasting
/target [exists] Grounding Totem
/cast Ice Lance
/targetlasttarget
First line shows the Tooltip
Second line stops your casting.
Third line targets the nearest grounding totem if there is one.
Fourth line will cast Ice Lance (or any other instant low mana spell)
Fifth line will retarget whomever you had targeted before.
Monday, June 9, 2008
Lessons Learned
A few lessons learned last night in Kara.
Make sure you don't start AOE'ing during Nightbane's flight phase, until you are positive that some one has taunted them. Those mobs went through my Ice Barrier, Mana Shield, and Evea's Power Word: Shield, then my health. All before I knew i was taking damage.
Accidentally running three instances of Vent just might make you freeze up every time you do something more than take one or two steps.
Going into a boss fight with no Mana Gems is a big no no.
And last but not least, every time you go in there, and you need 3 or less pieces, you will never see them drop.
Ever.
All I want is my T4 Hands, T4 Head, and the Mind Blade. That is not too much to ask. Specially when three melle dps in the guild have the dagger, and all the Mages so far have seen the token 8 times each.
Make sure you don't start AOE'ing during Nightbane's flight phase, until you are positive that some one has taunted them. Those mobs went through my Ice Barrier, Mana Shield, and Evea's Power Word: Shield, then my health. All before I knew i was taking damage.
Accidentally running three instances of Vent just might make you freeze up every time you do something more than take one or two steps.
Going into a boss fight with no Mana Gems is a big no no.
And last but not least, every time you go in there, and you need 3 or less pieces, you will never see them drop.
Ever.
All I want is my T4 Hands, T4 Head, and the Mind Blade. That is not too much to ask. Specially when three melle dps in the guild have the dagger, and all the Mages so far have seen the token 8 times each.
Saturday, June 7, 2008
One Click Wonders: Part 1
I've got a couple of friends that have leveled Frost Mages, and they were going over some of the more useful things for Mages.
They asked if I knew of any good macros.
Which made me think I should probably put a few of the more handy ones up here. And maybe add some macro links to the blog as well.
I don't use a ton of in combat macros, although there are a few that EVERY Mage needs to be very familiar with. I'll start with those.
One of the most important ones, both PvP and PvE is this:
This is the "Quick Counterspell" macro. Lets break it down.
The first line will show your tooltip, very optional.
The second line will interrupt any cast you are in the middle of, so you don't have to jump, or move, or hit esc.
The third line casts Counterspell, to interrupt a cast.
A good thing to note about the macro above, is that it can be used for anything else you might need, be it Ice Block, Ice Barrier, Mana Shield, Fire/Frost Ward, etc. All you have to do is change the tooltip, and spell name.
Another good macro for Mages...
The sheep and announce macro, basic, but still works well.
The first line, again shows the Poly tooltip, optional as always.
The second line will cast your Polymorph (if you want Pig or Turtle you'll need to specify).
The third line determines what you will announce. If the spell succeeds, you will say in party chat, "Sheeping. Back off it." If it fails, or your target is dead, it will not announce anything in party.
The last line is what will be announced. The "%t" is a command that will substitute in your target's name.
The next macro works wonders, and performs the same function as above, while adding in some more little tricks.
This one is a monster. But the only thing is does differently is that it deals with the "focus" ability.
Lets break this down...
First line will clear your focus if your old focus target is dead, or doesn't exist anymore.
Second line will set your focus on what you have targeted if you don't have a focus already.
Third line will place a Star marker over the head of the focus target (if you are group/raid leader/assistant)
Fourth line will polymorph the Focus target
Fifth line will stop the announce if not partied.
Sixth line will announce the sheeping.
We like this one better, usually.
This allows us to have another target frame, specifically, the focus frame. This frame will not change until you change it. So you can target your tank and type /focus, making another, completely independent frame show up. Or in the case of this macro, it will provide a frame with which to keep an eye on the mob you need to CC.
This one is to make conjuring and using those items easier.
This will conjure water, then food, then a gem, then water, then food, as long as you are holding the "alt" button.
If you simply click the button with your left mouse button, then it will make you eat Mana Biscuits (if you have any) or the conjured Food and Water. (the conjured food and water will both be used at the same time.)
You will need to update the macro as you level, and change the fourth and sixth lines to include the highest ranking foods/waters that you can make, so that they will be used properly.
This one is for Porting. As a Mage, you'll be using these spells very often, and this will make it easier.
This will allow the alt button + left click to cast Teleport, and the regular left click to summon a Portal. City names can change as needed, and if five macro's are made, it will allow you to have all your Teleports and Portals only take up five spots. The first line will show the number of Runes you have with you, and if you use the "?" icon for the macros, the picture will change depending on which spell you are casting.
The last one I'm going to include in this post is a mouse over macro, which is pretty handy if you don't use decursive.
This should be bound to a key (I think mine is F1) and will allow you to mouse over another player, or his/her pet, and it will cast Remove Lesser Curse on whoever you are moused over.
One thing to note, is that you can make a Counterspell macro the same way, just replace the spell names, and possibly include a /stopcasting before the rest of the script.
I might go a little more in depth into Frost/Fire macros later, but for now, I'll stick to the more "essential" ones.
They asked if I knew of any good macros.
Which made me think I should probably put a few of the more handy ones up here. And maybe add some macro links to the blog as well.
I don't use a ton of in combat macros, although there are a few that EVERY Mage needs to be very familiar with. I'll start with those.
One of the most important ones, both PvP and PvE is this:
#showtooltip Counterspell
/stopcasting
/cast Counterspell
This is the "Quick Counterspell" macro. Lets break it down.
The first line will show your tooltip, very optional.
The second line will interrupt any cast you are in the middle of, so you don't have to jump, or move, or hit esc.
The third line casts Counterspell, to interrupt a cast.
A good thing to note about the macro above, is that it can be used for anything else you might need, be it Ice Block, Ice Barrier, Mana Shield, Fire/Frost Ward, etc. All you have to do is change the tooltip, and spell name.
Another good macro for Mages...
#showtooltip Polymorph
/cast Polymorph
/stopmacro [noexists] [dead] [help]
/p Sheeping %t. Back off it.
The sheep and announce macro, basic, but still works well.
The first line, again shows the Poly tooltip, optional as always.
The second line will cast your Polymorph (if you want Pig or Turtle you'll need to specify).
The third line determines what you will announce. If the spell succeeds, you will say in party chat, "Sheeping
The last line is what will be announced. The "%t" is a command that will substitute in your target's name.
The next macro works wonders, and performs the same function as above, while adding in some more little tricks.
#showtooltip
/clearfocus [target=focus,dead]
/focus [target=focus,noexists]
/script SetRaidTarget("focus", 1)
/cast [target=focus]Polymorph
/stopmacro [nogroup]
/s --== Sheeping and Marking "%f" ==--
This one is a monster. But the only thing is does differently is that it deals with the "focus" ability.
Lets break this down...
First line will clear your focus if your old focus target is dead, or doesn't exist anymore.
Second line will set your focus on what you have targeted if you don't have a focus already.
Third line will place a Star marker over the head of the focus target (if you are group/raid leader/assistant)
Fourth line will polymorph the Focus target
Fifth line will stop the announce if not partied.
Sixth line will announce the sheeping.
We like this one better, usually.
This allows us to have another target frame, specifically, the focus frame. This frame will not change until you change it. So you can target your tank and type /focus, making another, completely independent frame show up. Or in the case of this macro, it will provide a frame with which to keep an eye on the mob you need to CC.
This one is to make conjuring and using those items easier.
/castsequence [modifier:alt] reset=120 Conjure Water, Conjure Food, Conjure Mana Emerald, Conjure Water, Conjure Food
/stop macro [modifier:alt]
/use Conjured Manna Biscuit
/use Conjured Glacier Water
/stopmacro [button:2]
/use Conjured croissant
This will conjure water, then food, then a gem, then water, then food, as long as you are holding the "alt" button.
If you simply click the button with your left mouse button, then it will make you eat Mana Biscuits (if you have any) or the conjured Food and Water. (the conjured food and water will both be used at the same time.)
You will need to update the macro as you level, and change the fourth and sixth lines to include the highest ranking foods/waters that you can make, so that they will be used properly.
This one is for Porting. As a Mage, you'll be using these spells very often, and this will make it easier.
#show Rune of Portals
/cast [modifier:alt] Portal: Shattrath; Teleport: Shattrath
This will allow the alt button + left click to cast Teleport, and the regular left click to summon a Portal. City names can change as needed, and if five macro's are made, it will allow you to have all your Teleports and Portals only take up five spots. The first line will show the number of Runes you have with you, and if you use the "?" icon for the macros, the picture will change depending on which spell you are casting.
The last one I'm going to include in this post is a mouse over macro, which is pretty handy if you don't use decursive.
/cast [target=mouseover,exists] Remove Lesser Curse
This should be bound to a key (I think mine is F1) and will allow you to mouse over another player, or his/her pet, and it will cast Remove Lesser Curse on whoever you are moused over.
One thing to note, is that you can make a Counterspell macro the same way, just replace the spell names, and possibly include a /stopcasting before the rest of the script.
I might go a little more in depth into Frost/Fire macros later, but for now, I'll stick to the more "essential" ones.
I'm Back...to blogging at least.
So, been a few weeks since I last posted on here.
I started the blog, was pretty excited about it, got really busy, and haven't posted in awhile. To make up for it, there's two posts today. The first is about how raiding on Italian Internet is loads of fun, and the second...we'll see.
So, been a little over a month without raiding, which is what I built my mage for. Why you ask? Am I not in a decent guild? Not enough time? Work getting in the way? No, no, and only every now and then.
The guild I'm in has two Kara groups a week, and ZA a couple times too. We've just gotten enough 70's for 25 man content, and as soon as a few of em pick up a little more gear, we should be stepping into Grull's or Mag's. Until then, I'm hitting exalted with the SSO and getting a really tasty neck. (I know I said I was aiming for the PvP neck, but hell, this one isn't half bad, and has a crazy proc rate.)
I've got plenty of time. All it takes to make it to a raid is not have duty that night, and get a little sleep so I'm OK to be up at 1 or 2 AM.
And, as I said above, work doesn't get in the way unless I have duty.
So what is stopping me from raiding? Quite possibly the worst ISP ever brought into existence. Let me tell you all something, and please take it to heart, I would hate for you to find out the way my wife and I have.
ITALIAN INTERNET IS NOT THE SAME AS AMERICAN!!!
This is the best connection they have, and every night after 9PM, it gets as unstable as bad dial up.
I took being in the states for granted while I was there.
I started the blog, was pretty excited about it, got really busy, and haven't posted in awhile. To make up for it, there's two posts today. The first is about how raiding on Italian Internet is loads of fun, and the second...we'll see.
So, been a little over a month without raiding, which is what I built my mage for. Why you ask? Am I not in a decent guild? Not enough time? Work getting in the way? No, no, and only every now and then.
The guild I'm in has two Kara groups a week, and ZA a couple times too. We've just gotten enough 70's for 25 man content, and as soon as a few of em pick up a little more gear, we should be stepping into Grull's or Mag's. Until then, I'm hitting exalted with the SSO and getting a really tasty neck. (I know I said I was aiming for the PvP neck, but hell, this one isn't half bad, and has a crazy proc rate.)
I've got plenty of time. All it takes to make it to a raid is not have duty that night, and get a little sleep so I'm OK to be up at 1 or 2 AM.
And, as I said above, work doesn't get in the way unless I have duty.
So what is stopping me from raiding? Quite possibly the worst ISP ever brought into existence. Let me tell you all something, and please take it to heart, I would hate for you to find out the way my wife and I have.
ITALIAN INTERNET IS NOT THE SAME AS AMERICAN!!!
This is the best connection they have, and every night after 9PM, it gets as unstable as bad dial up.
I took being in the states for granted while I was there.
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