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An Alliance levelling adventure
This weekend I finished levelling my Alliance toon to 100. What a wonderful experience it was! The levelling felt different, even though a lot of the quests are the same, they were in different orders or for different purposes so theyĀ had that “newish” tinge to them. I levelled my Death Knight as Blood because it’s…
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Did someone say… happy birthday??
It’s WoW’s 11th birthday! And boy did we get some goodies this year. The one that everyone is talking about (because everyone always talks about it!) is the Inflatable Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker. I’ve only ever had one in Diablo, so this was a novelty for me. My favourite thing about it, though,…
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Feel Good Friday! – Blizzcon edition
Feel Good Friday! is a weekly exercise to help bring some positivity in to the gaming community by sharing stories to make peopleĀ smile. They may be heartwarming or funny stories, tales of your epic kills or something that youāve found in game ā anything that gives you some good vibes. Feel Good Friday! this week…
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Changing of the tides
One of the good things about keeping expectations in check is that when you are looking forward to an announcement, if it’s not super exciting, you’re prepared. It’s for this reason that I’m not overly disappointed with the Restoration Shaman changes announced in the Shaman class preview blog shown today. The short, initial reactions from…
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Blizzcon wind-down
What a weekend. I was awakeĀ at 5:15am on Saturday so I was up in time to watch the opening ceremony. Mornings are not my thing, but I was pumped, and have stayed pumped since. It’s an interesting phenomenon really, isn’t it? Even just watching people have fun and get exciting about these games that we…
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Great expectations – getting the most out of Blizzcon announcements
Blizzcon is this weekend, and the hype train is speeding along. I, like most fellow WoW players, are hanging out for any news about Legion. I’m pretty sure the one question everyone wants to have answered is “when will Legion be released?”. It’s a fair question – people are excited about the game and they…
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Feel Good Friday! – Run little gnome, run!
Feel Good Friday! is a weekly exercise to help bring some positivity in to the gaming community by sharing stories to make peopleĀ smile. They may be heartwarming or funny stories, tales of your epic kills or something that youāve found in game ā anything that gives you some good vibes. Gnome run 2k15 This year…
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Feel Good Friday – quest complete!
Feel Good Friday! is a weekly exercise to help bring some positivity in to the gaming community by sharing stories to make peopleĀ smile. They may be heartwarming or funny stories, tales of your epic kills or something that youāve found in game ā anything that gives you some good vibes. Quest complete! I’ve spoken before…
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Terky time!
Like a lot of others, I sawĀ this post from wowhead on twitter, announcing the discovery of Terky’s* location: Players have discovered how to get a new murloc pet in game! http://t.co/Sr3bVgdA9W pic.twitter.com/YZzlJav1uS ā Wowhead (@Wowhead) October 18, 2015 Terky can be hatched from the White Murloc egg, which is found in a well hidden cave…
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Feel Good Friday! October 16
Feel Good Friday! is a weekly exercise to help bring some positivity in to the gaming community by sharing stories to make peopleĀ smile. They may be heartwarming or funny stories, tales of your epic kills or something that youāve found in game ā anything that gives you some good vibes. I will admit, I need…
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Thoughts on 6.2.3 (without the table flipping)
Edited: I misread the cross-realm information – Cross-realm Mythic raiding is EXCELLENT news! It’s quite daunting waking up to see twitter exploding with opinions about some WoW news that was released while I was asleep. One of the problems with the time delay is that I see opinions before I see what the actual news…
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Feel Good Friday! October 9
Feel Good Friday! is a weekly exercise to help bring some positivity in to the gaming community by sharing stories to make peopleĀ smile. They may be heartwarming or funny stories, tales of your epic kills or something that youāve found in game ā anything that gives you some good vibes. For this week’s Feel Good…
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Feel Good Friday! – October 2
Feel Good Friday! is a weekly exercise to help bring some positivity in to the gaming community by sharing stories to make peopleĀ smile. They may be heartwarming or funny stories, tales of your epic kills or something that you’ve found in game – anything that gives you some good vibes. This weeks’ Feel Good Friday…
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It’s on the list!
Even though Legion is probably still quite some time away, many people are already in the end of expansion wind down. Some people are unsubbing temporarily, whilst others, like myself, are making a bucket list of things to get done before Legion comes out. (By the way, if you’re looking for ideas of things to…
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Is the new Warcraft book announcement hinting to a Legion release date?
Today Blizzard announced a new partnership with Random House for a series of novels about the Warcraft and Starcraft universes. All well and good, and something that I’m looking forward to. But what really peaked my interested was the announcement that the first novel, World of Warcraft: Illidan is (obviously) about Illidan, and is due…
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Are rolling WoW expansions contributing to player fatigue?
Blizzard have made it clear that their intentions moving forward with World of Warcraft are to tie expansions together (Check outĀ mmo-champion’s recapĀ of Gamereactor’s interview with the devs for more). This is why Garrosh lead us to Draenor for the Warlords of Draenor expansion, and why Gul’dan is taking us back to Azeroth, in order to…
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Podcast goodness
Earlier this week I was a guest on the Girls Gone WoW podcast! It was a really fun time, even if I did get up just after 4am in the morning after a late raid night and then no sleep (ācos I was so nervous and excited!). Despite all that, I somehow managed to be…
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Iām going to be on a podcast!
Iām going to be a guest on the Girls Gone WoW podcast this week! Weāre going to be talking about being a raid leader/guild officer. As many of you know Iāve recently been thrown back in to these roles, so thought Iād share some stories/advice.Ā Have you got any questions for us about being in these…
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What I want from Legion
Legion has been announced! Iām still reeling from it all. There is SO much awesome stuff coming in this new expansion, and I am super excited about it all. But there a couple of things I want most of all from the expansion. Firstly, Iām not going to bother recapping the content of the announcement…
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Hellfire Citadel – go team, go!
So raiding has been going well. Weāre currently 10/13 just on normals, but itās been good fun. The people who need loot have been getting it, so we should be good to start heroics soon (potentially would be sooner if not for stupid State of Origin. Argh, sports!) This pic is from the Socrethar fight.…
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OpenRaid Transmog contest
OpenRaidās transmog contest has ended for another year and the winners have been announced. A video has been put together of the finalists in the Grand Prize, and the placing prize winners in each of the theme categories. You can check it out here:Ā https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcYCOBcO7oI Theyāve also done a storyboard showing all of the entries from…
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Glyph of Ascendance
So I just learned about Glyph of Ascendance! Iām really excited about this. The Wowhead video above shows what they all look like. The only downside is that I already struggle with wanting too many other minor glyphs! But⦠this is super cool so I think Glyph of Ghostly Speed will go for awhile. Now,…
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How to stop being crap?
Last night was raid night, and to be quite frank, it sucked. It sucked for me and because of me – not really anyone else. We did have a few issues with some key people being away, but there were people able to fill the roles and whilst it slowed things down a little, thatās…
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Free Heroes mount!
Heroes of the Storm is finally launched and available for the whole world!Ā I havenāt been playing it nearly as much as I should do/want to, but thatās another story. What IS fun news is that to celebrate the launch, we can all get a free mount by playing a silly little game!Ā Itās actually great…
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Mythic Blackrock Foundry
Iāve been raiding with my new team for a couple of weeks now. We are currently 5/10 mythic, which I am incredibly happy with. Sunday last week we managed to get down Mythic Flamebender Kaāgraz and Mythic Gruul on the same night, which was an awesome feeling. Wednesday just gone had a few people missing…
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All the achieves
Iāve been spending some time getting a few more achievements under my belt. Earlier this week I finallyĀ collected the pets I needed to get the So.Many.Pets achievement and get myself a little Stormwing. Heās quite the cutie! This evening I grinded out the last of the Apexis dailies to get another fabulous monument for my…
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All about the raids
Itās been a week since all the dramas came to a head, and itās only now Iām really in the right head space to write about it.Ā Unfortunately the guild team that I have been a part of for almost a year now, a team that has many people in it whom I consider friends,…
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How Iām playing IronMan
Iām doing the IronMan Challenge! Iāve created a page with all of my IronMan related posts for anyone who wants to keep track of my progress. You can find it here:Ā https://cindersays.net/ironman So the official rules that I am following are available on the WoW Challenges site, and are pretty straight forward. But it does take…
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IronMan attempt 2 – Cindermori
After Ironcinderās tragic death last week, I decided to start a new character and have another go at the IronMan Challenge. I have made another hunter, but this time sheās Draenei, and I already feel more confident about this attempt. Sheās kick ass and hot all at once! Iāve only completed the Draenei starting area…
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Sorry for the lack of posts lately. Far too many things happening at once thatās a bit overwhelming. The short version is that I need to find a new raid team, as my current one only wants to do Heroics and not Mythics. But Iām not sure if Iām ready for a new raid team.…
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Ironcinder – dead at 29
Sadly, Ironcinder died today, thus bringing an end to this attempt at the IronMan Challenge. She was level 29, and strayed just a little too close to a Horde area. An elite level 85 guard decided to sneeze on her, and she died in half a tragic second.
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Where are all the raiders?
martymuses: cinder-says: This seems to be the mantra of mythic guilds everywhere – where are all the raiders? Where are the people who want to kick bosses in the face? Where are the people who want to hang out with a bunch of random weirdos for a laugh and a few jokes? Where are the…
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Where are all the raiders?
This seems to be the mantra of mythic guilds everywhere – where are all the raiders? Where are the people who want to kick bosses in the face? Where are the people who want to hang out with a bunch of random weirdos for a laugh and a few jokes? Where are the people who…
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Cinder gets the cindermane charger!! Iāve wanted this mount since the preview came out agesĀ ago. When it didnāt appear in game I waited and I waited. Finally it shows up – as a recruit a friend mount. And my heart sank. I didnāt have any friends who wanted to play WoW, and I couldnāt justify…
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Ironcinderās challenge – 20-25
I played Ironcinder a little more today and got her to 25 (For those just tuning in, you can read about my stupid idea here.) 20-25 took me through the last of Darkshore and on to Ashenvale. It has been relatively smooth sailing, but I am taking things very slowly. Very slowly. I only play…
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Deleted legendary ring post
So I deleted the 6.2 legendary ring post that I did yesterday. The Warcraft Devs twitter account had the following today about the ring procs that had been datamined: The Legendary ring procs that have been datamined from the 6.2 PTR are from an old design. A new design is planned for a future PTR…
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Hey! I just wanted to know if you have/ever played a shaman? I just made one Horde side and he is a Resto Shaman and I just didn’t know the best way for leveling a Resto shaman?
Hey! I DO play a resto shaman š But I never level as a healer. I always level and quest as Elemental. Itās faster (cos dps) and super fun (cos earthquake!). The only time Iāll switch to resto during levelling is if Iām going in to dungeons to level. (The faster dungeon queues are always…
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Legendary Tarecgosa
Well, it took me 9 months of on and off farming, but I have finally finished theĀ Dragonwrath, Tarecgosa’s Rest legendary quest line.Ā During the countless Firelands runs I did, I managed to see Flametalon of Alysrazor drop twice, but never managed to get the Crown of Flame from Ragnaros, or a heroic chest piece for…
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So you bought a WoW token
Ok, I admit it, I bought a WoW token with in game gold. And I donāt regret it for a second.Ā I donāt know how long the idea of having the in game token will last for, I donāt know what impact it will have on the economy, and to be honest Iām not too…
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How Blackhand died Some of the guys in our guild like to record our raid nights. Thankfully they recorded our kill of Heroic Blackhand from the other night. Thought Iād share it so you too can marvel at how little melee have to do in this fight! (except for trollmonkā – he has to go…
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Blackhand is dead. I repeat, Blackhand is DEAD!!Ā Tonight our guild FINALLY got down Heroic Blackhand. It took 94 pulls to get the guy down, but we got there in the end. In true Deadline tradition we got him down on our last attempt of the evening. I was shaking by the end. I canāt…
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Argh realm maintenance
Realm maintenance started early this week – 12am PDT – 6pm Melbourne time. Unfortunately for me I got a whole 2 minutes of game time. LAME! So now Iām reinstalling Heroes of the Storm to see if thatās available instead.Ā
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Cinder says is here! I was going to wait until the Easter break to set all of this up, but I just couldnāt wait. I found an absolutely beautiful tumblr theme to use for my new blog, and it snowballed from there. Come visit me! www.cindersays.net. (For those utterly confused, you may recognise me as…
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Changes ahead!
Hi guys, Got some changes coming up to my blog in the near future, including new layout and a new blog name! Donāt panic – Iām not going anywhere! Just making a few changes šĀ
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Liebsterās 2015
Zeirah nominated me to take part in the Liebsterās again this year. So here my answers to her 11 questions! Zās 11 questions for me What makes you smile? It sounds corny, but my boyfriend. Heās always looking after me, so if Iām feeling down he does all sorts of hilarious things to cheer me…
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The 3 Lorewalkers
I have been running around Azeroth collecting music rolls for my garrison jukebox so that I could get the portable audiophone toy. (Which I did – but thatās another story.) One of the easier rolls to get is the Music Roll: Song of Liu Lang which requires a wee bit of Lorewalkers rep to get.…
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Visiting CosplayPy
Today I went to visit CosplayPyās tribute in Talador. Itās really fantastic! She starts out as a little sha-touched sprite darter called Pydarter. The dialogue is really sweet and mirrors the dramas she had at the last BlizzCon. At the end she turns in toĀ Grand Empress Pydarter (just like her costume!) I think itās a…
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Thank you Sleeping Fox!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Iām so excited about these. I commissioned the incredibly talented Sleeping Fox to do a chibi of my shaman, Cinderstorm (top) and my boyfriendās monk, Thorfu (bottom). She finished them yesterday AND LOOK HOW DAMN ADORABLE THEY ARE!!!!!! I love them so much!! ā¤
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Hi there!
layonhands was super kind and included me on a list of WoW related blogs to follow, and as a result there are a whole bunch more of you reading. So…. HI!!! *wave* š
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kisses in pandaria
My bf and I were mucking around taking selfies in game when this happened.Ā
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Blasting the elements
So raiding went alright on Sunday. We actually did quite well, one-shotting HeroicĀ Flamebender as well asĀ Kromog (who we only got down for the first time last week!)Ā We spent most of the night progressing on Iron Maidens. I had talented in to Elemental BlastĀ as this is apparently what all resto shamans should be using, and…
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I have some lovely followers. Thank you to everyone who messaged me after my giant whinge the other day. You’re all wonderful and kind and lovely. ⤠I do feel a bit better. I’ve taken trollmonkā’s advice and checked out the class forums on MMO Champion. The Shaman forums seem pretty good. People asking for…
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I’ve been feeling a bit crap about things lately. It’s why I haven’t been posting on here all that much. I’m going through a “I completely suck at this game, why do I bother playing it” phase. Mostly it’s because of my raiding performance lately. It’s tough being a resto shaman sometimes. It’s not often…
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Blizzard Watch needs your help!
Many of you will be aware now that WowInsider (and joystiq et al) have been shut down by AOL. (As of a few hours ago, the WowInsider twitter account was taken over, so any new tweets you see are NOT from the original staff!) This is really a terrible loss to the WoW community. I…
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Of course our internet goes down on raid day š¦
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On holidays – Milford Sound
Milford Sound- New Zealand This is where we were today. Most spectacular place I’ve ever seen.
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It’s holiday time!
Out of office is on, bags are packed and alarm is set – holidays have officially started!!
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Earthen warlock
Earthen Warlock I got these robes from my salvage yard on my shaman. I have them already on my mage so sent them over to my warlock. This set came together very quickly, and I love it. It’s a little bit earthy and rough. I like to image my warlock having to go live in…
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Still here!
I’m still here! I’ve just been crazy busy with stuff and haven’t had a chance to do much on here at all. Still want to finish off my Highmaul Resto Shaman guides, and have a bunch of other posts I want to put up, I just haven’t had the time. My bf and I are…
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Hatespark
Oh hello, Hatespark! Don’t we look pretty? I’ve wanted Hatespark the Tiny ever since I saw his little model come out. The drop rate to get him is sooooo low (0.03% chance, according to Wowhead, though I didn’t think it was quite that low!). I thought about buying him, but the cheapest price I found…
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Look who lives with us now
Look who lives with us now
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Healing Heroic Highmaul – The Butcher
The Butcher getting in to the Festive Spirit! Iām putting together some short healer-based posts for each of the bosses in the Highmaul raid tier. Hopefully theyāll be useful for some fellow healers (my focus is on restoration shaman as that is what I play). Let me know what you think! (Read the Kargath Bladefist…
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Whatever you celebrate this time of year, may it be full of love, laughter and good food.Ā Cinder xox
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Healing Heroic Highmaul – Kargath Bladefist
Kargath Bladefist (image from wowhead) I’m putting together some short healer-based posts for each of the bosses in the Highmaul raid tier. Hopefully they’ll be useful for some fellow healers (my focus is on restoration shaman as that is what I play). Let me know what you think! Kargath Bladefist Kargath Bladefist is the first…