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3.1 and My 2 Specs
Where's Me Drink? —
... First things first….YAY! I am so excited about 3.1. Other than expansion patches, this patch has been the most exciting for me so far, and it’s easy to see why.
Dual-Specs! This is the grandaddy of all the patch information for me.
Ulduar! This is the first time I’ve ever been raiding when a patch came out, so I’m excited.
The Argent Tournament! Two words…White Hippogryph! It’s actually called the Argent Hippogryph, but it’s SWEET!
That’s enough right there, but ...
3.1 Initial Impressions or How I Learned to Love the Crash
World of Matticus —
... 3.1 dropped with about as much stability as we’ve come to expect from major content updates. Servers were down for extended amounts of time with updates every hour asking us to be patient and wait. Stories were filtering in through twitter and various blogs of people not even able to apply the patch. Slowly realms came back up one by one and people began to log in. The gates to Ulduar were opened and raiding commenced after guild logs were flooded with ...
Ulduar Weekend & Soloing Moroes
Frostbolt, a World of Warcraft Blog —
... We finally managed to get to raid Ulduar, sadly I had some schedule issues and I wasn’t there for the first boss kill. For some reason I’ve noticed that ever since Ulduar came, there’s no emotion in the first guild kill, no more group screenshots, no nothing… it’s sort of sad. ...
A 10-Man Raider’s Foray Into Ulduar
Where's Me Drink? —
... Sorry for the delay folks. Work has been nuts the past two weeks. I’m back now though, and ready to continue on.
Ulduar. My 10-man guild, who has cleared Naxx but not Maly, got started a week late in Ulduar. This past Friday we made our first trek into the raid. How was Ulduar? It was pretty awesome. It’s hard, but not impossible. I look forward to progressing through this raid.
After being told repeatedly, by someone with experience, that we absolutely WOULD NOT be able to beat Flame Leviathan, we beat him. ...
Blood Pact: What's up with everybody?
WoW.com —
... Not a great deal has actually changed for me since last week. I was forced to disband my raiding group due to unfortunate scheduling problems, so I still haven't set foot in Ulduar. And since heroics stopped offering an interesting challenge months ago, I haven't had much of a reason to log in as of late. With ...
Ulduar’s current state and some ranting
Frostbolt, a World of Warcraft Blog —
... But then, it makes me think, what is Ulduar? If you’ve been checking the updates for the past weeks you’d notice that, after the first week, the instance has been heavily nerfed, so encounters are basically a joke now. ...
FL, Razorscale & Deconstructor Down!
Where's Me Drink? —
... The Dinner Goat raid crew made our second attempt at Ulduar last night. We are a little behind the curve because of RL obligations. Since Ulduar came out, this is our second time stepping into the instance. ...
The Care and Feeding of Warriors: Weapons from Ulduar
WoW.com —
... Ulduar has brought over 800 items within our grasp. While toying with specs (I'm actually raiding switching between arms and fury depending on the fight, although last night I actually tanked clearing up to ...
Tank Fight of the Week: Razorscale
Where's Me Drink? —
... In this installment of Tank Fight of the Week, we’ll be talking about the Razorscale fight in Ulduar.
Razorscale is the one of three potential second bosses in Ulduar. The first boss you fight will be Flame Leviathan, who is a blast, but doesn’t really involve tanking in the traditional sense.
Most people call this a 2-phase fight, but I consider it a 3-phase fight, because the two ground-phases are very different.
Phase 1, In The Air Tonight.
When you approach Razorscale, you don’t have to ...
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
Where's Me Drink? —
... The Dinner Goat Raiding Crew will be charging back into Ulduar tonight. Tonight we WILL drop XT-002. We may wipe. When we do wipe, know this. I will have done EVERYTHING in my power to prevent that wipe. Including using that Indestructible Potion. ...
No Tank Fight This Week
Where's Me Drink? —
... that I haven’t done a Tank Fight for, but I’m probably about as tired of talking about Naxx as you are of hearing about it. I want to talk about Ulduar bosses! ...
Another one bites the dust
Where's Me Drink? —
... The Dinner Goat crew had what I would consider an acceptable raid weekend this weekend. We didn’t get the three days in Ulduar we’ve been shooting for, but we did get two! ...
What are your goals?
Where's Me Drink? —
... and now the big one…Clear Ulduar. I’m not being too greedy, I just want to clear 10-man Ulduar. I think my guild has a great shot at this, and I really hope to clear it before the next major raid comes out. I think we will. ...
Blood Pact: Spelling test
WoW.com —
... , to unlocking the secrets of Azeroth in Ulduar. Without spells the only things a Warlock could do would be run, jump, and weakly bonk our foes with our staffs. And there just aren't enough platforming sections in WoW to make that kind of thing fun. ...
Progress Smells Like Burning Flesh
Where's Me Drink? —
... It smells like my burning flesh to be exact. Well, Randul’s burning flesh, but he’s an extension of me! Once again, the Dinner Goat crew only got two shots at Ulduar this week, Friday and Sunday. ...
Paladin PvE Armor: Past, Present and Future
Antherwina's Corner —
... All tokens for the Tier 8 sets drop in Ulduar. This is the first set since the original Tier 1 armor set to have all it’s pieces drop in the same raid instance. The glove token drops from ...
Ironsoul versus Edge of Ruin
Where's Me Drink? —
... I’ve been seeing people getting to my little corner of the blogoverse (blogosphere is so cliche) by searching for information on how the new 5-man Heroic Instance Trial of the Champion’’s 2-handed axe Edge of Ruin stacks up to Ironsoul, the 2-handed mace out of Ulduar.
The short version: Edge or Ruin is WAY better for Arms, but slightly better for Fury.
However, for those who like stats and facts, I’ll throw those down as well.
Ironsoul (iLevel 219)
3.50 Speed 2-Handed ...
Marrowstrike Versus Edge of Ruin
Where's Me Drink? —
... or…I passed on the better weapon
A couple posts ago I posted a comparison between Ironsoul, the 2-handed Mace out of Ulduar and Edge of Ruin, the 2-handed Axe out of Heroic Trial of the Champion.
Okay, so I missed a tiny little fact. Marrowstrike drops from the same instance. Marrowstrike is a Polearm with Agility, Stamina, Attack Power, Crit and Armor Penetration.
Let’s be specific, shall we?
Edge of Ruin (iLevel 219) 212.3 DPS, 3.5 Speed, 594 – 892 Damage ...
The Upgrade that Wasn’t
Where's Me Drink? —
... When is an upgrade not an upgrade? When everyone you are competing against gets the exact same upgrade as you.
Imagine if you will, you try and try and try and TRY AND TRY to get an upgrade over your pvp weapon, the Titansteel Destroyer. The vast majority of people you are pvping against seem to either have the Titansteel Destroyer or the Colossal Skull-Clad Cleaver. You run Ulduar every week hoping Ironsoul or Stormedge will drop. All of the 2-handed dps in your runs have gotten their upgrades, the only thing standing between you ...
Vezax Down
Where's Me Drink? —
... Last night was Tuesday, which means the Dinner Goat Ulduar Progression Team (D-GUPT, yes I made that up just now) burst into Ulduar with one thing on our minds, clearing this joint. ...
Hunter Trinkets in Wrath
The Hunter's Mark —
... Another great trinket if you’re low on Hit Rating, and the added Armor Penetration is a nice bonus as well.
Platinum Disks of Battle
Vendor: 25 Wintergrasp Marks of Honor
This is a slightly different version of the Anvil of Titans. Instead of a chance-on-hit to increase your Attack Power, this trinket provides an on-use effect that gives you a little more control.
Pyrite Infuser
Raid Drop: Ulduar (10-Man, Normal) – Flame Leviathan
Again, another nice trinket to have ...
