The state of World Of Warcraft Cataclysm heroics.

To start off this is my opinion. But I believe  most people will agree with me because im basing my judgment of the current state of heroics off of my experiences so far. Many complaints have been made agaisnt blizzards new heroics. Why? Because they are extremely CHALLENGING. Challenging is the perfect word for this. They are not hard. Theyre challenging. I personally, LOVE them but at the same time I hate them. They arent the faceroll they used to be at all. But in a way it is frustrating.

To start I understand CC is necessary. But is it really necessary FOR EVERY GOD DAM PULL!? Every pull a tank makes me CC a target and so does someone else with a CC. I understand if they would have made a few pulls require CC for healers and whatever else they added to that particular group of mobs but honestly it gets a bit repetitive CCING EVRYTHING. Its sickening. Im going to have nightmares of sheeps and green roots trapping me to the ground...

Boss fights are EXTREMELY fun. However they are very drawn out. Yes, to a certain extent it does really depend on the groups gear but honestly I fought with the god dam tornado douche bag in Vortex Pinnacle for like 10 minutes. I mean that god dam dragon makes his tornado cyclone craps everywhere. But anyway back to heroic bosses in general, very fun and challenging BUT little drawn out.

The length of heroics themselves is excellent. They arent too long ,but its the boss fights which make them seem very long. Once people begin learning the fights im sure they'll seem alot smaller, because they are. They are actually quite a bit smaller than WOTLK heroics (which I miss) A typical dungeon run in WOTLK took about a half hour, now id say they are taking about an our and a half.

World's first level 85: Athene

Athene is probably one of the greatest WoW players of all time, check out this link where he explains what he did to get to 85 first, and why. He claims hes working on something big, what he calls

"the most important project of his life"

Tailgunner!

Alright so, this quest is pretty sick. Its called Tailgunner! Basically, after completeing a few quests in uldum (I wont ruin it) You make an indiana jones style escape in an air plane, and guess what your job is....no really guess.....YOU GOT IT! Tailgunner. You have to buttons, one for a machine gun and one for heat-seeking rockets. Its a pretty cool quests. Here are some screenshots!

Remember to click them to make them bigger!

Part of the cinematic before takeoff.

Another part of the cinematic before takeoff.

Shooting bitches up!

Vashj'ir..... inappropriate

Well ive been enjoying the new zones so far! (already level 82)
 BUT! LOOK AT THIS!

Shame on you blizzard!

Cataclsym launches.... TOMMOROW

Ladies and gentleman the day weve been waiting for, is.... TOMMOROW!

What will you do first?

Me? Youll find me home from school...errr sick ;) Leveling my mage to 85.

So tell me, what will you do first?

Blizzard Product slate leak!

Ok so as its been said on MMO-champ and other mmo sites around the world there is a "SUPPOSEDLY" leaked blizzard product slate..... hmmmm Im not sure. Lets have a look shall we? 

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Now that my friends, is pretty god dam interesting!

Lets start from the top shall we?

BNET-2 Seems like the battlenet intergration went as planned!
Starcraft2 Once again, where it belongs

Ok heres where I start to doubt this

Diablo 3.. how could you have two planned expansions already, and dates for them as well? Maybe im over analyzing this... possibly just placeholders for when they want to release them... im sure this stuff isnt exact.

mmmmm WoW seems like its got a lifetime of life left in it!

Look at that another two expansions headed our way after cata! Sounds good!! Long live WoW!
Im also EXTREMELY HYPED for the WoW movie, pretty effin cool.

Titan, oh yeah thats..... wait a second... what the santa clause shit is that!? Hang on, TO GOOGLE WE GO!

Wow.... either im a bad googler or this shit is just unknown...if anyone knows anything about this. DROP ME A LINE!

World Of Warcraft 4.0.3a Arcane Mage guide!

Sup guys incase you didnt know, I play a mage! Now, if youve stumbled upon this blog post that means you most likely need help speccing, and playing your arcane mage. Im here to help! This post is short, and simple.


To start off, lets take a look at a spec shall we?
NOTE: THIS POST WAS MADE IN PATCH 4.0.3a pre cata look for a newer post if this is outdated.

Basically its your average arcane spec.
This spec is NOT for leveling. It provides optimal damage and survivability required for raiding.

GEMMING

Once youve got your spec going your gonna want some gem help.
As arcane mages the meta well use is a Chaotic skyflare diamond.

This meta is a +21% crit strike and a +3% damage bonus meta.
Once again OPTIMAL for damage.

RED SOCKETS

As for your red sockets, just stick to Brilliant cardinal ruby for +20 intellect.


BLUE SOCKETS


Now, blue sockets are important because they will activate the meta!
The optimal blue gem to use is Purified Dreadstone for +10 intellect & spirit.

YELLOW SOCKETS

Ah probably the most confusing of them all, go for the Reckless ametrine  for +10 intellect and +10 haste.

ENCHANTS

Now enchanting is VERY important. Choose wisely. 

Instead of listing all the enchants you could use (there are many) and it depends on your gold situation because there are lower quality versions of MANY of them.

Head on over HERE


That will help you find the right enchant your looking for. 
(Wowpopular is an EXCELLENT site, look around its really easy to use)

ROTATION....(Not much of a rotation anyway..)

This is probably the most IMPORTANT part of the whole thing. Yeah you could have the best enchants, gemming and spec.... but you need to know what buttons to press!

Here is a simple way of doing it!

• Arcane Blast – This should stack to 4 , until you get a missile proc. If you hit 4 stacks of this keep using it until your missile barrage procs!

 

• Once missile barrage procs - MAKE SURE YOU HAVE 4 STACKS OF THE ARCANE BLAST BUFF and than missile barrage the shit out of your enemy! =D

• After you use your missile barrage proc-  Use arcane barrage, this hits instantly for high damage and has a GREAT chance of proccing missile barrage again

•  IF MISSILE BARRAGE PROCS AGAIN - Use it! And Arcane barrage again, if you dont get another missile barrage proc, go back to arcane blast!

• Rinse and repeat!

Thats pretty much the basics!

IMPORTANT NOTES:

 

 DO NOT USE ARCANE MISSILES UNTIL YOU HAVE CASTED ARCANE BLAST 4 TIMES!

There is a significant amount of DPS loss if you cant control yourself!

Save your cooldowns, mirror image etc. until bloodlust or heroism is popped!

Be sure to watch your threat! You DONT want to pull off the tank now do you? NO!

If there are any questions feel free to leave a comment! Thanks guys!