Elkagorasa the Casual

Is that a chicken in his right hand?  Over the last few weeks, I have been actively trying to recruit some of my fellow co-workers (from the Horde Guild) to come back to Warcraft. The problem being that there's just so many, many options out there that they aren't taking the bait. They're playing Shadow of Mordor, they're playing Borderlands Pre-Sequel, they're playing anything that doesn't require a subscription... I've seen where Blizzard has waived some game time to attempt to get them hooked  again, but for some it's just not enough. With only a few active players in guild it's going to be a quite expansion. On my recently minted Alliance druid, I've reached level 72. Since reaching Wrath, she's started questing in Borean Tundra and ran the same dungeon three times, Utgarde Keep. I've been trying to make sure I keep the Wickerman +10% XP bonus up for a total bonus of 55%  (45% gear - head 10%, shoulders 10%, back 5%, chest 10%, ...

Over the weekend, marked the start of Hallows End . The holiday that has for 7 years failed to drop the flying horseman's mount for any of my max level characters. This also marks the first event with the new balanced loot drops as promised by: @Muffinus @gamedale @sporebat @TheCrafticus In 6.0 we can balance power items from holidays to be appropriate without a patch. Wish granted! — Owen Landgren (@olandgren) September 21, 2014 With this I ran through Horseman's on all my 90's until they each picked up their appropriate ring (  Warlock , Priest , Druid ). Now I need to run through a few more times, because I'd really like to get one of the new pets, like the Curse Birman  (curse siamese) or  Widget  (ghost tabby?), only need 150 candies  (each). Update: 10/21 12AM - If you are leveling up a toon using heirlooms, don't forget about the Wickerman buff, Unburdened  / Grim Visage . This buff can be picked up by throwing a piece of embers on th...

Old character model and new character model?

Last night, I decided it was time enough for me to run my disc priest through the new patch content. Solid in her LFR gear, I believe she was totally capable of running a lowly dungeon. I am also aware that people have had issues with healing other content, so I am cautious about what's ahead. So I queue up and almost immediately immediately land in a group. Wipe #1 - Only button on VuDu that works is Flash Heal . Tank dies to very first trash in entrance area. I apologize profusely about deaths. Wipe #2 - I update a few more buttons on Vudu, now also cast trigger Penance , and Heal (lost Greater Heal, I guess?). Wipe #3 - I kept the tank alive through the next three rooms of trash. We make it into the boss area, but we die to his AOE attack. Wipe #4 - Tank gets cocky and runs immediately from first boss, to next trash at 30% health and dies quickly.  At this point we start losing players. DPS is replaced, tank sticks around for maybe one or two more wipes. One time, I t...

face via armory. Last night I explored patch 6 and all it's glory. First off, I went through each of my toons and purchased my reagents tab. 100g well spent. My oldest characters gained the least. Elkagorasa gained about 3 open bag slots. Haven't made any alchemy recipies in quite some time, so bags fairly empty of herbs. Eride had a bunch of tailoring mats, but not a lot. She's been working on the cloth healer pants. Alliance druid gained almost 2 whole bags free of skinning / leatherworking mats. (time delay - break for dinner and finish assisting with homework) Next, Elk went to the void storage and moved all his old gear into the new storage slot. A few more runs back and for to the bank would really help, but not last night. I had a world to save. Old face from wowhead model viewer. Maybe it's just the expression? Queue up for the new UBRS dungeon. 45 minute wait as DPS. Oh well, moving on. Trip to the barber to get a new 'face'. Yeah, f...

Countdown to Warlord of Draenor. I am reminded to a post I did pre-Cataclysm that provided a series of things I suggested pre-expansion. Looking back at that list, it couldn't be more valid this time. Here is my list of items to plan for release date. Computer upgrade - With this next expansion, Blizzard has up'd the system requirements for WoD. If you want to see Draenor in full new-character model glory, you'll need to upgrade your PC. No longer will you want to run around with that 8 year old machine. Recommended specifications include i5 processor, 4GB RAM and latest patches of Win8 or OSX. On a personal note, I am still really loving my Vanquish II  from Digital Storm. It's super fast. It handles WoW superbly. I run games like Assassin's Creed at max graphics quality without issue. Combined with the Corsair keyboard and mouse , I feel that I finally have a 'gaming' rig.  Add-On Re-review - With so many changes coming to the GUI in Warlords, I am...

Headdress of the Green Circle So, after leveling my last druid up to 60, I boosted to 90. Now that I am leveling this second druid all the way to 90, I feel that I need to update this list to include items after. Update (10/12): This list isn't quite correct with the level 65, Sethekk Halls dropped in my LFD queue. Looking for a better source of info. 50: Quest: Breath of Cenarius - rewards Headdress of the Green Circle   58: Dungeon: Blackrock Spire 59: Dungeon: Hellfire Ramparts  (first BC dungeon) 60: Talent slots open up 60: Expert Riding (normal flying) 60: Flight Master's License (fly in vanilla) 61: Dungeon:  Hellfire Citadel: The Blood Furnace 62: Dungeon:  Coilfang Reservoir: The Slave Pens 62: Mark of the Wild 63: Dungeon: The Underbog 64: Dungeon: Mana-Tombs 65: Dungeon: Auchenai Crypts 66: Dungeon:  Old Hillsbrad Foothills: "Escape from Durnholde" 67: Dungeon: Sethekk Halls 68: Dungeon:  The Mechanar 6...

As I actively level up my Alliance druid, I've come to despise loot. In fact, I typically just GREED on everything to avoid any confusion and delay. Blizzard, I want a new need/greed option. I want the option, maybe a settings option, where I can say "For BOE gear, only offer roll on items for these slots (bracers, hands, neck, belt, boots, rings)." I really could care less about an item that would replace an existing heirloom item. On my main, I won't be wanting to replace my legendary cloak anytime soon. As it is now, I want to evaluate each and every drop. Chest dropped, wait I have heirloom equipped. I bet there's an addon for this somewhere.. Maybe this one ?