Ready Check is a weekly column focusing on successful raiding for the serious raider. Hardcore or casual, ZA or Sunwell Plateau wow gold, everyone can get in on the action and spend thousands of gold on repairs and consumables. This week, we face an undead lady dragon with serious breath issues.
Felmyst is the third boss in the Sunwell Plateau. As you approach the Brutallus encounter, you see him doing battle with Madrigosa, a blue dragon. Upon defeating Brutallus, Felmyst rises from her corpse in undead form and begins circling around the plain where you fought Brutallus. (She's quite feisty cheap wow gold, and will aggro if some AoE abilities are used while she flies over, so be careful!)
The encounter is an execution fight, and requires a lot of attention throughout from everyone in the raid. In terms of preparation, you don't need any resistance gear for the fight, but having a Cauldron of Arcane Protection will help mitigate some of the raid damage. The most common strategy also relies quite heavily on priests' Mass Dispel ability, but before we jump ahead to raid composition,wow, let's look at what you'll face during the encounter.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Monday, April 28, 2008
Choosing the group role (for the hot engineer sex)
Why wouldn't you want to have hot engineer sex? That's the point made over at "Groups of Words" in a post about choosing a role specifically to set up your spot in a group wow gold. Well at least that's the point I came away with -- let me start over.
Most players choose their role based on what they want to do the most -- if you like playing as a ranged character, Hunter is probably a good choice, while being a Rogue will let you sneak around. But if playing in groups is your thing, says GoW, then you should aim for one of those roles that groups want: healer or tank world of warcraft gold. That's one reason I personally chose a resto Shaman -- everybody always needs a good healer and/or tank, and with a Shaman, I can fill that role, or go off and do my own thing as well.
GoW compares it to being a woman at an engineering school, where you've got your pick of the 1:6 girl/guy ratio (my alma mater, fortunately, had odds stacked slightly the other way). But other than the hot engineering sex, the point is a good one: if you're on a realm suffering from a lack of tanks and healers and you want to group up cheap wow gold, why not fix things yourself and roll up one or the other?
Most players choose their role based on what they want to do the most -- if you like playing as a ranged character, Hunter is probably a good choice, while being a Rogue will let you sneak around. But if playing in groups is your thing, says GoW, then you should aim for one of those roles that groups want: healer or tank world of warcraft gold. That's one reason I personally chose a resto Shaman -- everybody always needs a good healer and/or tank, and with a Shaman, I can fill that role, or go off and do my own thing as well.
GoW compares it to being a woman at an engineering school, where you've got your pick of the 1:6 girl/guy ratio (my alma mater, fortunately, had odds stacked slightly the other way). But other than the hot engineering sex, the point is a good one: if you're on a realm suffering from a lack of tanks and healers and you want to group up cheap wow gold, why not fix things yourself and roll up one or the other?
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Sunday Morning Funnies: WoW is not a religion
This week we have a nice long list of comics for you to sink your teeth or tusks into. As always, don't forget to leave your tips to other WoW-themed comics so that they can be featured here! We're also saying a special goodbye to Manic Graffiti. Great work and we'll miss you! Here's hoping this isn't forever!
1. Connedromat from Awkward Zombie kicks off your Sunday morning with a little bit of logic.
2. Ana Hala Balablah from Dark Legacy Comics seems intent on being contrary to logic.
3. Shakes and Fidget have to decide whether their new acquaintance is Friend or Foe?
4. If you liked our recent coverage of Blizzard handling director Uwe Boll, you'll get a laugh out of GU Comics' Especially Not You cheap wow gold.
5. Manic Graffiti sends us a parting statement, mixed with a little hope, in Good-bye is Not Forever.
6. Monkey Punchers explores the Unplayable.
7. NoObz #8 suggests that maybe, just maybe, justice will find that little beggar you can't stand.
8. Ding! explores some of the effects of WoW on the body and mind.
9. Teh Gladiators enter their first arena match with their new, unlikely teammates.
10. From The Adventures of Disgraph T. Dwarf comes WoW is Not a Religion.
11. The Scout Report is a bit confused over Mr. Snuggles wow gold.
Head through the break to vote on your favorite.
1. Connedromat from Awkward Zombie kicks off your Sunday morning with a little bit of logic.
2. Ana Hala Balablah from Dark Legacy Comics seems intent on being contrary to logic.
3. Shakes and Fidget have to decide whether their new acquaintance is Friend or Foe?
4. If you liked our recent coverage of Blizzard handling director Uwe Boll, you'll get a laugh out of GU Comics' Especially Not You cheap wow gold.
5. Manic Graffiti sends us a parting statement, mixed with a little hope, in Good-bye is Not Forever.
6. Monkey Punchers explores the Unplayable.
7. NoObz #8 suggests that maybe, just maybe, justice will find that little beggar you can't stand.
8. Ding! explores some of the effects of WoW on the body and mind.
9. Teh Gladiators enter their first arena match with their new, unlikely teammates.
10. From The Adventures of Disgraph T. Dwarf comes WoW is Not a Religion.
11. The Scout Report is a bit confused over Mr. Snuggles wow gold.
Head through the break to vote on your favorite.
Saturday, April 26, 2008
What are you looking forward to the most in WotLK?
There have been lots of little bits of news and information coming out about Wrath of the Lich
King lately. With the World Wide Invitational 2008 just around the corner where WotLK will be
playable again for us all, and the news that Wrath is in alpha, we can expect to see more and
more come out about the world of warcraft game.
With this expectation of the beta and eventual release building, a lot of people are getting
excited about different things. So I want to know, what are you most excited about?
For me, I'm most excited about seeing the new end game raid content. I'm with a very dedicated
group of raiders right now who do about 20 hours a week of raiding, and it's a lot of fun.
Hopefully we'll all still be around in WotLK and get to push into the new content quickly and
with a lot of zeal wow gold.
Then there is the Death Knight. Who isn't thrilled at the chance to play a new class? We haven't
ever seen a new class in WoW, and it's bound to throw a wrench in the way a lot of folks play the
game. Seeing the Death Knight get integrated into raiding will be a very interesting thing to
watch cheap wow gold.
King lately. With the World Wide Invitational 2008 just around the corner where WotLK will be
playable again for us all, and the news that Wrath is in alpha, we can expect to see more and
more come out about the world of warcraft game.
With this expectation of the beta and eventual release building, a lot of people are getting
excited about different things. So I want to know, what are you most excited about?
For me, I'm most excited about seeing the new end game raid content. I'm with a very dedicated
group of raiders right now who do about 20 hours a week of raiding, and it's a lot of fun.
Hopefully we'll all still be around in WotLK and get to push into the new content quickly and
with a lot of zeal wow gold.
Then there is the Death Knight. Who isn't thrilled at the chance to play a new class? We haven't
ever seen a new class in WoW, and it's bound to throw a wrench in the way a lot of folks play the
game. Seeing the Death Knight get integrated into raiding will be a very interesting thing to
watch cheap wow gold.
Phat Loot Phriday: Shroud of Chieftain Ner'zhul
Finally, some resto Shammy gear! Not only is this sweet helm statted out (yes, I just made that up), but it's named after someone you may have heard of in passing -- that other half of the Lich King.
Name: Shroud of Chieftain Ner'zhul (WoWDB, Wowhead, Thottbot wow gold)
Type: Epic Mail Head
Armor: 902
Abilities:
* In order to save space, I'm going to give you the lore behind this helm while I tell you its stats. So Ner'zhul was an old Chieftain/Shaman of the Orcs, and since this is Warcraft, he was powerhungry and it drove him to make deals with demons. Plus his helm had +48 Stamina and +41 Intellect, which actually made it nice for PvP as well.
* It also had a Yellow and Meta socket, and a socket bonus of 2 mp5. Ner'zhul didn't exactly knowingly make deals with demons, though -- he did what he thought was right, and aligned with Kil'jaeden, who he thought was actually a helpful "ancient ancestor."
* But realizing Kil'jaeden is evil is actually as obvious as the 33 spell haste rating and 13mp5 on this helm, and eventually Ner'zhul did. It was too late, though -- Gul'dan took over, and Ner'zhul only barely saved the Frostwolf Orcs from drinking Mannoroth's blood.
* Kil'jaeden wasn't thrilled with that, obviously, and stuck Ner'zhul in the Frozen Throne as the Lich King, until a young man named Arthas Menethil came along, shattered the Frozen Throne cheap wow gold, and combined his bad self with Ner'zhul's in order to become a crazy powerful being (with lots of Wrath, which we'll see sooner or later).
* And oh yeah, the helm's got 134 healing and 45 spell damage on it. Ner'zhul was originally an Orc Chieftain and resto Shaman, so this helm came from back when he was still supposedly a good guy. But interestingly enough, he still kind of is -- both he and Arthas slaughtered a lot of people thinking they were doing the right thing, and both he and Arthas were corrupted by the deals they made for power. Maybe they belong in that Frozen Throne together.
How to Get It: This is an interesting piece of loot that supposedly comes from the Sunwell. As of this writing, it hasn't been in player hands yet, but it actually comes from another helm, the Cowl of Gul'dan, which reportedly drops from Kil'jaeden. Since Killy Jay hasn't been killed yet, we're not sure about this, but this is what an "ancient ancestor" told us.
Blizzard is trying something new with the Sunwell Loot -- if you don't like the loot you get or want to switch it out for another piece of gear, you can bring the old helm to a Transmuter, along with a Sunmote (that can be obtained from trash inside Sunwell Plateau), and they'll transmute the helm for you. So get the Cowl of Gul'dan (drop rate unknown), add a Sunmote in there, take it to the Transmuter, and voila, you've got (what's probably a replication of) the Shroud of Chieftain Ner'hzul. Cake, right?
Getting Rid of It: Oh, you won't, not for a while anyway. All of the non-raiders will be switching out their casual epics for greens at level 71, but a helm like this you'll hold on to for a while. It does disenchant into a Void Crystal buy wow gold, though -- at least we assume it does. The ancient ancestor was unclear about that one.
Name: Shroud of Chieftain Ner'zhul (WoWDB, Wowhead, Thottbot wow gold)
Type: Epic Mail Head
Armor: 902
Abilities:
* In order to save space, I'm going to give you the lore behind this helm while I tell you its stats. So Ner'zhul was an old Chieftain/Shaman of the Orcs, and since this is Warcraft, he was powerhungry and it drove him to make deals with demons. Plus his helm had +48 Stamina and +41 Intellect, which actually made it nice for PvP as well.
* It also had a Yellow and Meta socket, and a socket bonus of 2 mp5. Ner'zhul didn't exactly knowingly make deals with demons, though -- he did what he thought was right, and aligned with Kil'jaeden, who he thought was actually a helpful "ancient ancestor."
* But realizing Kil'jaeden is evil is actually as obvious as the 33 spell haste rating and 13mp5 on this helm, and eventually Ner'zhul did. It was too late, though -- Gul'dan took over, and Ner'zhul only barely saved the Frostwolf Orcs from drinking Mannoroth's blood.
* Kil'jaeden wasn't thrilled with that, obviously, and stuck Ner'zhul in the Frozen Throne as the Lich King, until a young man named Arthas Menethil came along, shattered the Frozen Throne cheap wow gold, and combined his bad self with Ner'zhul's in order to become a crazy powerful being (with lots of Wrath, which we'll see sooner or later).
* And oh yeah, the helm's got 134 healing and 45 spell damage on it. Ner'zhul was originally an Orc Chieftain and resto Shaman, so this helm came from back when he was still supposedly a good guy. But interestingly enough, he still kind of is -- both he and Arthas slaughtered a lot of people thinking they were doing the right thing, and both he and Arthas were corrupted by the deals they made for power. Maybe they belong in that Frozen Throne together.
How to Get It: This is an interesting piece of loot that supposedly comes from the Sunwell. As of this writing, it hasn't been in player hands yet, but it actually comes from another helm, the Cowl of Gul'dan, which reportedly drops from Kil'jaeden. Since Killy Jay hasn't been killed yet, we're not sure about this, but this is what an "ancient ancestor" told us.
Blizzard is trying something new with the Sunwell Loot -- if you don't like the loot you get or want to switch it out for another piece of gear, you can bring the old helm to a Transmuter, along with a Sunmote (that can be obtained from trash inside Sunwell Plateau), and they'll transmute the helm for you. So get the Cowl of Gul'dan (drop rate unknown), add a Sunmote in there, take it to the Transmuter, and voila, you've got (what's probably a replication of) the Shroud of Chieftain Ner'hzul. Cake, right?
Getting Rid of It: Oh, you won't, not for a while anyway. All of the non-raiders will be switching out their casual epics for greens at level 71, but a helm like this you'll hold on to for a while. It does disenchant into a Void Crystal buy wow gold, though -- at least we assume it does. The ancient ancestor was unclear about that one.
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