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Finding Family
Well, I find myself here once again where the team I’m raiding with has crumbled.
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Art featuring Cinder
Over the years I’ve been very fortunate to collect a number of beautiful pieces of artwork featuring Cinderstorm.
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Constructing Alice
Finally got around to writing about my new PC, Alice.
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A Challenging Look
I did the thing!!!
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Here comes the sun…darter hatchling
So the secret finding community has been at it again, and with the launch of 7.2.5 they discovered how to get the gorgeous Sun Darter Hatchling pet. It’s quite the puzzle, and incredible of them to have figured it out!
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Into the Tomb
This week the Tomb of Sargeras opened. ~*~spoilers ahead~*~
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Mythic Gul’doooowwwwwwwn!!!!
Well, it took us three weeks, lots of tears, frustration, swearing and hysteria, but we did it – Mythic Gul’dan is defeated! We got our Cutting Edge achievement, and new title Vengeance Incarnate.
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Sunday suckfest
I’ve spent a bit of time this weekend attempting the mage tower artifact challenge yet again. I put in about an hour or 2 each time the tower is up in an attempt to get the artifact appearance that I have been wanting since I first saw it on beta. This weekend I got the…
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Z and Cinder’s Blog Challenge Topic 17: Playing dress-ups
Anyone who knows me knows that I love collecting transmog pieces.
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Lost
Truth be told, I’ve been feeling pretty lost in WoW lately.
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Z and Cinder’s blog challenge topic 16: there’s no place like home (thank goodness!)
I really struggled with this topic, which is why it’s late! I thought long and hard about which areas in WoW reminded me of home….
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Thank you Coolidge!!!
I’ve said quite a few times how wonderful the WoW community can be. From organising fundraisers, to helping each other out, to just being super awesome people. This week I was lucky enough to be the recipient of some generosity from the WoW community.
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Z and Cinder’s blog challenge topic 15: I love it all!!
It’s funny, I’ve put off writing this post for awhile. Not because I don’t have anything to love about WoW, but because there is so much to love and I’m finding it difficult to pin down only a few things to talk about.
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It was the best of times, it was the busiest of times!
Getting back to work has been really great – knowing I’ve got money coming in again to pay bills is a big load off my mind! But it does come with the downside of a lot less game time.
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The elements will guide me. But mostly the fire.
Tonight was a really great raid night.
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Z and Cinder’s Blog Challenge
We want to help encourage people to blog about what they love, and at the same time, help you find other blogs that you might like to read.
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Raiding gallery
There’s nothing better than getting your guild mates together and taking down some bosses. A collection of team kill shots and videos for each of the raids.
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Seeing Azeroth in a new light
Like so many other people, I have been running around taking screenshots using the Inky Black Potion. What a wonderful addition to the game that little potion is!!
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Get to the Point!
Patch 7.2 started for us Aussies on Wednesday. It was eerie going back to the Broken Shore….
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Cheers!
This evening I was pottering around Dalaran. I wandered out of the kitchen and noticed a door I had been running past all expansion. Of course I had to go see what was in there.
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Z and Cinder’s blog challenge topic 13: the WoW race I just can’t stand
I doubt this will come as a surprise to anyone who follows my blog or twitter!
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Restoration shaman treats
I have been extremely lucky this evening…
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Hidden mages
The journey to find all 3 mage hidden artifact appearance is complete!
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Z and Cinder’s blog challenge topic 12: Design your own zone
I think this is one of the trickiest topics we’ve had for this challenge. For me, when it comes to designing my zone, I had to think about what I liked most about existing zones in WoW.
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On a personal note
It sure has been quiet around here, hasn’t it? To say things have been chaotic in my life right now is a bit of an understatement, and it has obviously been affecting all the “extra-curricular” things I do in my life – this blog included.
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My harasser
I’ve ummed and ahhed about writing this post for quite some time now for a number of reasons. But last night something changed, and I stopped being angered and upset by the situation and instead felt an immense amount of pity and, well… schadenfreude.
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Neat!
The Real Neat Blog Awards are doing the rounds at the moment, and the lovely Z nominated me – thanks Z! :) I love things like this because it helps people find some great new blogs to read, and gives a bit of an insight into other authors.
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Nighthold adventures!
Nighthold has been out for a couple of weeks now, and guilds everywhere have been poking around killing this and that, edging their way up to kill the worst of the worst – Gul’dan.
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Z and cinder’s blog challenge topic 10: favourite world quest
So, world quests. I personally love world quests. The main reason being that I just love being able to choose to do the quests that give me the rewards I want.
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Z and cinder’s blog challenge topic 9: the gamer’s church
This is such an interesting topic for me, especially at the moment with all the personal changes I have going on. Despite gaming being immensely popular in Australia (check out this report) there is still a stigma associated with being a gamer.
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Z and Cinder’s blog challenge topic 8: changing mains
It’s a sad time for anyone who feels their class has moved beyond something they can connect with, and I feel for anyone who has to go through it.
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WoW Challenges!
Last Sunday morning I had the absolute delight and pleasure to be a guest on Stone and Leeta’s show, WoW Challenges Podcast. I had such a lovely time with them, and was super excited to get to speak to Stone for the first time ever.
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Pit Crew, assemble!
In my last post I mentioned there had been a bunch of guild drama that had happened recently, and I tweeted last week about the guild ending. It’s sure has been a busy time! I don’t like to talk negatively about other people or anything, so I’m not here to bitch about individuals. But I…
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Z and Cinder’s blog challenge: 2017 totally do-able bucket list
So this week we’re putting together our bucket lists for the year, with the idea of coming back to them at the end of the year to see how we did. Knowing that, in a way, I’ll be held accountable for what I put here has actually made me think about this a little more…
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Farewell 2016
I’m stealing Z’s blog idea and posting a screenshot from each month of 2016 as a way of saying farewell to it.
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Classy! part 2
One of my goals during the summer down time has been to unlock all of my class halls. Today, I finished that. This is Part 2…
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Classy! part 1
One of my goals during the summer down time has been to unlock all of my class halls. Today, I finished that. This is Part 1…
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A valorous victory
Thursday night was our last formal raid night for the year. With most people being unavailable for Christmas/New Years/family time it was our last chance to try and get at least one mythic boss down in Trials of Valor.
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Z and Cinder’s blog challenge: Underneath the Azeroth Tree
I liked this topic because it was supposed to be a kind of a wish list of things I would like to see in WoW. But you know, when I sat down to think about what I wanted, I came up empty.
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She’s making a list, and probably not checking it again…
It’s that time of year, where I start making lists of things I want to get done over the Christmas break.
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Z and Cinder’s blog challenge topic 5: Cinder, NPC
I don’t know about others, but for me the dream is to have an NPC named after me in WoW. I know, so lame, but how awesome would that be?! Getting to see yourself in game – what a treat! But what would an NPC in WoW be like if it were based on me?…
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Oh holy… paladin
Well ok that’s a misleading title. I keep getting random Christmas songs in my head so I dunno, it just happened. So earlier this week I was bumming around damaging eternity by killing time just kinda not really doing anything. I’ve been spending a lot of my game time doing my emissary quests and getting…
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Z and Cinder’s blog challenge Topic 4: Postcards from Azeroth
This week’s topic came about as a result of Z cheering me up one day. I was at work having a miserable day and she was telling me all the wonderful things I could look forward to about heading into Azeroth when I got home. It’s such an awesome topic!
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The Dreamer
It’s been a pretty successful week of raiding this week!
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Z and Cinder’s Blog challenge Topic 3: Puggerrific!
So I think the initial intent of this topic was to talk about the dos and don’ts of pugging, and how to run one. But I haven’t done that for such a long time, so I’m just going to write about my thoughts on the current state of pugging. It’s quite a ramble – I…
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Blog challenge – 12 years and the impact
This week started the 12th birthday celebrations for World of Warcraft. It’s crazy that a game this old is still this popular, although I understand it. The topic we chose for the challenge this week is an opportunity to take a step back and look at how this game has impacted our lives. Because let’s…
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Blog challenge – favourite Legion quest, Uptown Murloc
My lovely friend Zeirah and I have turned our weekly blog challenge into a public blog challenge for anyone to participate in. Each week there is a new topic for everyone to write about and share. You can read everyone’s favourite Legion quest on our website here. You kind find Z’s post about the topic right…
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On the US election
It’s been quiet around here lately – I apologise for that. Initially it was due to my partner ending up in emergency and needing surgery that kept me away from my blog for awhile. Then, when I sat down to write yesterday, the election was happening, and I watched a country unravel, and I watched…
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Z and Cinder’s blog challenge – thoughts on 7.1
This week patch 7.1 Return to Karazhan was released. And what a patch it is! 7.1 brings with it a new min-raid, a whole bunch of new pet battle content (including a new Raiding With Leashes achievement and wild pets to raise into mounts) and, of course, Karazhan – the mythic dungeon on steroids (plus…
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Z and Cinder’s blog challenge – (Top 5!) favourite Legion screenshots
Ok so this week we’re taking things a little easier (or so we thought!) by having our topic this week be our top 5 favourite screen shots that we’ve taken in Legion.
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Run, run, run!
This weekend was the annual running of the gnomes. It’s a fun in game event created by some lovely people to raise money for breast cancer research. It’s a great event that the WoW team even featured this year! This was my second year running it, so I was a bit more prepared – I…
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Z and Cinder blog challenge – professions
My lovely friend Zeirah and I are challenging each other with a weekly blog post. We choose a topic and both write about. This week’s topic is all about professions. You can read Z’s post about this topic right here. This week’s post topic was suggested by Elgaric (who has a new podcast coming out soon – Azeroth or Bust).…
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Z & Cinder’s Blog Challenge – The Three Cinders
My lovely friend Zeirah and I are challenging each other with a weekly blog post. We choose a topic and both write about it. This week’s topic is a bit different – this week we’re talking about ingame persona vs. real life persona. You can read Z’s post this right here. There’s something about being in your own…
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Splishy splashy woes
The new raid week started for us last night and we absolutely powered through a full heroic clear in no time at all. Then we went in to mythics and cleared Mythic Nythendra on just the second pull. We headed off to spider bird but only managed to get 1 pull in (which we got…
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Z & Cinder’s blog challenge – favourite Legion dungeon
My lovely friend Zeirah and I are challenging each other with a weekly blog post. We choose a topic and both write about. This week’s topic is our favourite Legion dungeon.
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Blog challenge – saddest quest
My lovely friend Zeirah and I are challenging each other with a weekly blog post. We choose a topic and both write about. This week’s topic is the saddest quest in Legion. You can read Z’s post about her favourite right here.
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For Azeroth! (part 1)
Legion has now been out for three weeks. It has been an amazing three weeks, I have to say. The Emerald Nightmare raid opened last night, so I thought it would be a good time to reflect on how Cinderstorm got to this point.
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Blog challenge: favourite Legion NPC
Z and I have been chatting about Legion a fair bit lately, and it came up that we’re both feeling like we’re not blogging enough (well, I sure am not! Z has been doing quite well indeed!) Anyway, we decided to set a challenge where we would both blog about the same topic, to encourage…
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On saying goodbye
It seems to be that barely a few weeks go by before we are saying “farewell” to another Blizzard employee. And it’s always followed shortly after with the chorus of “Blizzard is collapsing” or “this is the end of WoW – even the devs know it, that’s why they’re jumping ship” conspiracies. What people tend…
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I LOVE THIS GAME!!
Can I just take a minute to say how absolutely AMAZING Legion has been so far? And look how darn beautiful it is!
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HAPPY LEGION!
I hope everyone has an amazing experience levelling in Legion. Remember to eat, drink plenty of water, get some sleep, and get up to stretch your legs every now and then. But mostly – HAVE FUN!!
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Melbourne Legion invasion
Last week my partner Thor and I were exceptionally lucky to be able to attend the Melbourne Legion release party, hosted by Blizzard and featuring guest visits from Celestalon and Gen St Michel
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Yer a wizard!
So I finally got the chance to transfer my mage back over to the Alliance. I was having troubles trying to decide what race to make her. She has SO much transmog…
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On being loudly positive
I needed a little break, but I’m back now!
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Pre-patch adventures
I knew going in to this new patch that there would be some big changes, and that things might not work. So I didn’t hold my breath that things would be ok.
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We made it!
We have a pre-patch date, and it’s just a few days away!!! Come July 19, we will have officially made it. The wait for new things to do is officially over! From here on in we’ll be having loads of content headed our way for months to come. (and here I am slightly panicking…
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Good morning, indeed!
Well! I did not expect the response I got on my post yesterday. I am so overwhelmed at how many people came out in support of what was said. It made me happy to hear that so many other people feel the same way – that they too are frustrated by the loud negativity. But…
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Don’t bring me down
I’ve been pretty quiet here on my blog recently, and for pretty good reason. I’m angry. Well, actually, that’s an understatement. I’m down right pissed off. And up until now I’ve figured it was better to just stay quiet so I don’t upset anyone or ruffle any feathers, because I don’t like arguments or being…
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Let’s fly away
I’ve been playing around on the Legion beta a little this weekend to see how well I hit things as restoration shaman in her mythic WoD gear (very well, by the way!). At one point I took a flight from Dalaran to Azsuna…. and suddenly I’m flying around on an Onyx Panther! This was one…
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(Temporary) Girl Gone WoW
I sure am getting around lately! (Not like that, silly!) This week I had the pleasure of visiting EJ and Raven from Girls Gone WoW to talk about levelling, and especially about levelling in Legion. You can have a listen in Show 227. Unfortunately Skype was a colossal asshole for us – we were all…
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Dummy for a day!
Last weekend I completely geeked out because I was lucky enough to be a guest on one of my favourite podcasts, The Training Dummies. I’ve been listening to Rob and Darryl for awhile now (TTD and Realm Maintenance were some of the first podcasts I listened to after Girls Gone WoW got me in to…
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A little help from my friends…
Hi everyone! A couple of weeks back I mentioned that I was going to be a guest on some podcasts coming up. The first of these was Realm Maintenance (Episode 192!) which was amazing and loads of fun. I’ll be on Girls Gone WoW again in a couple of weeks (which I am really looking…
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Decision made
Regular readers will know that I’ve been ummming and ahhhing about how to level in Legion – do I want to make it as quick as possible by levelling as DPS but potentially causing troubles for my healing artifact? Or do I want to power up my healing artifact from the very beginning but have…
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The price of talent – let’s bargain!
Today Watcher Dev made a post on the forums about removing the cost of changing specs (that is currently on the Legion beta) but instead implementing a cost for changing talents. I’ll post both of his comments below (these can be found on the forums here) We’ve definitely heard much feedback to this effect, and…
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A light in the dark
I don’t think there is ever going to be a time that I’m not worried about being good enough in this world. When it comes to World of Warcraft, I’m always worried that I’m not a good enough healer, or that I’m not a good enough raider, or that I don’t contribute enough to the…
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Ask me the right questions
I know that I’ve spoken about the legacy server discussion a bit on Battletagged (episode 12 to be precise, if you want to hear it!) but I thought a post was in order as well because this topic won’t go away!!! TL;DR version is this: A group of people hosted a legacy version of World…
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Defiler’s End
This week, I got an achievement I did not expect to get. This week, I killed Mythic Archimonde. Because my new guild only had a few kills on Mythic Archimonde, I didn’t expect to be in there for a little while yet. They needed to keep in strong healers to help out any lower level/newer…
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At the end of April
It’s been awhile since I posted. I’ll be honest, I’ve been busy and not really having a brilliant time of things so haven’t had a lot of energy to write. That’s not to say that things haven’t been happening, so that’s why I’m here. Raiding The biggest thing is that I’m now 12/13 mythic bosses…
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Legion Alpha Testing – levelling as a healer
****If you do not want ANY information about Legion, and don’t want any spoilers about anything at all, please don’t read this blog post! I will be talking about the Restoration Shaman levelling experience (without giving quest details away) and will be sharing some screen shots. Proceed at your own risk!**** Regular readers will know that…
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Legion Alpha testing- Restoration Shaman artifact
****If you do not want ANY information about Legion, and don’t want any spoilers about anything at all, please don’t read this blog post! I will be talking about the Restoration Shaman artifact quest experience (without giving quest details away) and will be sharing some screen shots. Proceed at your own risk!**** Today I went and…
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Legion Alpha testing – Demon Hunter
****If you do not want ANY information about Legion, and don’t want any spoilers about anything at all, please don’t read this blog post! I will be talking about the Demon Hunter starting zone (without giving quest details away) and will be sharing some screen shots. Proceed at your own risk!**** On Sunday night my…
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A Gilnean adventure
A couple of weeks ago, for no other reason than that I could, I decided to run through the Worgen starting zone in Gilneas. I really love this zone. I find it to be incredibly beautiful (even though it’s full of rabid dogs and undead types!) I just love the building style and the accents…
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Running with a new team
My poor neglected blog! I have been so busy lately, and to be honest I’m not completely sure why. Just lots of stuff happening I suppose, and time passing much too quickly. A little over a week or so ago I transferred servers to trial with a guild for Legion. I am back to being…
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Bitch away the changes
A few weeks back, for a period of 24 hours, WoW was all about the Water Striders. Namely a change that had come through datamining one of the latest Alpha patches that showed in Legion, Water Striders would only perform their trademark water walking ability in the zones of the expansion they were available in.…
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Navispammed!
The hunt for a new guild/raid team is still going strong, and I’m not having any luck at all yet (which will be the topic of a future post, I’m sure). However it hasn’t been a complete loss. On Wednesday the ever so delightful Navimie happened to notice my post on the forums about looking…
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A home to call my own
Well today I finally made a decision about where I want to be in Legion, and have decided to look for a new guild and raid team. I have loved being in Deadline – the people are amazing. We always have a laugh, we know how to have a good time. It has been awesome.…
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Field Photographer
Today I finally got off my butt and did the Field Photographer achievement. I had been putting it off for the longest time because I wanted to be smart about it and not waste my time zigzagging all over Azeroth. Then I came across this splendid guide on wowhead – http://www.wowhead.com/guide=2952/field-photographer-achievement-a-guide It has both a text version…
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A winner is ME!
This week I found out I was the lucky winner of a competition Skog was holding on twitter. I won myself a new twitter banner and a wallpaper! And I am in LOVE with them. And as an extra special bonus, he made an animated version of the wallpaper that loops!! ❤ ❤ ❤ I…
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Battling for epics
I started writing this when the topic of Epic Battle Stones was still being discussed. Today Blizzard has responded to the feedback and decided not to go ahead with the Epic stones. So my post is probably a little useless.But here I am anyway. I felt that the discussion around the epic stones was relatively…
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Cinderstorm the Proven Healer
I am still in a bit of shock as I write this. This evening I managed to get the “Proven Healer” title for completing 30 waves on endless difficulty in the Proving Grounds. I have been working on this achievement since Mists of Pandaria. This has been about 3 years in the making. And today I…
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Reasons to alt
Regular readers will know that I am a huge fan of the Girls Gone WoW podcast. They have great discussion topics and are fantastic to listen to. For episode 211 EJ and Raven were joined by Leeta to discuss “How alt-friendly is WoW”? It’s a great episode – have a listen here. There was great…
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Introducing Reins of Azeroth!
We all know I like to talk, especially about WoW! So I was really flattered and jumped at the opportunity when SpazzWesson approached me about co-hosting a podcast with him that was all about mounts in World of Warcraft. AWESOME!! The show is just about collecting mounts in WoW, how to go about it, and…
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Oh the whimsy!
I’ve been playing quite a bit of Diablo 3 of late. Season 5 started the other week and I have been playing away in the hopes of getting all of the Season 5 achievements for an in game pet. I only have 1 achievement left – to complete a class dungeon. So far I haven’t…
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That will be 100g per healer, thank you!
I do find it fascinating how worked up everyone gets about suggested changes to World of Warcraft. There are so many outraged voices making a lot of noise about how “stupid” the devs are and how this is the final straw and they’re quitting WoW. Just another day in overreaction city. So what’s all the…
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What the fel?
Seems like everyone is talking about the fact that players can now purchase Crystallized Fel with valor. Wowhead have done a write about up about this which you can read here: http://www.wowhead.com/news=250679/crystallized-fel-now-available-for-valor-points Crystallized Fel are used to upgrade the Legendary Ring +3 items levels each time (up to a total ilvl of 795 for your…
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Celestial Tournament complete!
Today I finished the last battle in the Celestial Tournament! It took me awhile, but I got there in the end. I doubt that it will happen, but it would be nice if there was another similar type tournament in Legion. I like this PVE-style of pet battling, where it’s just me against a series…
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It’s oh so quiet
My poor little blog has been neglected of late. I had a very busy week at work in the lead up to me flying off to visit family for an early Christmas, so I didn’t have much time to post before I left. I didn’t have any way of posting while I was up there…
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Happy holidays!
Whatever you celebrate this time of year, may it be full of love, laughter and happiness. xo
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A-mage-ing!
(yeah I feel dirty about the title, too!) So this weekend I found myself drawn once more to my mage. This always happens – when I feel a bit lost for something to do, I fall back on to my mage. I’m pretty sure it’s the portals – it makes getting around the world so…
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You beta test this!
This week I was a guest on the Girls Gone WoW podcast with the ever lovely ladies, Raven and EJ. As usual, I had a brilliant time. You can check out the episode on their website here (or iTunes, Stitcher etc). The episode was about all things Beta. We talked about our experiences with Betas, how…
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