Well Here You Go

I have moved on from Warhammer for awhile if not forever but I am not done blogging.  I have decided to move blogs over to Blaze's GG.  So I am still blogging but I am moving over to a more general blogging instead of focusing on one game.  I think focusing on one game is fine but you will stop eventually.  So I am still around and I just started this thing up and will keep it updated with my exploits in all things me, which I know you all wanted.  So come on over and check it out and stay for a while.

My Gamertags

Ok since I have gotten a few emails about playing with me on SC2 and Halo Reach.  Here are the gamertags that I use for both of them.  In SC2 my name is JustBlaze.isawesome and my xbox live account name is JustBlaze7204.  So if anyone wants to play just hit me up with an email here or just message in game when I am on.  Right now I am mostly playing Halo Reach since it is only live for 2 weeks then I will get back to more SC2.

What I am Doing

Sorry guys I have been busy with real life and have been playing Starcraft 2 beta, and now the Halo Reach beta is out now so I haven't played at all.  I don't know when I will be back or if I will be back.

Stress

What is the most stressful thing in any MMO you have played before or for that matter any game you have played that requires co-op?  Well for me in all my MMO experience, which is just two by the way, I find the most stressful thing for me is the 7th boss of TotVL, because I am the one that has to call the colors out.  Now the first two stages are not bad for calling the colors out because you have some time to get the colors down, but when the third and fourth stage hit it gets kinda chaotic especially since I have to tank one of the adds.  I have to worry about the colors and then picking up an add as well, now that is a lot of pressure imo.  Then if someone dies on the third stage and you get to the fourth stage it adds even more because then you have to pay attention even more because the standard red to green to blue doesn't work anymore and you have to make sure two colors of the same don't touch at the end.  Its fun but still stressful.

So what are your stressful moments in any game?  It can be a story of just some fight or anything?  Lets see if I can get more than a couple comments on this.

PS I was talking to Dell Support the whole time I was typing this and they are not the sharpest tools in the shed. I told him what was wrong than had to repeat my self a couple of times just to get my point across.

Burnt

I burnt the top of my bald head and it hurts.  This sucks.  Just saying.

Entitlement

Is everyone entitled to the end game gear in the game?  Are the casual players entitled to it?  In my opinion no casual gamers should not be able to get end game gear from any online game.  This is true for most MMOs.  WOW, FFXI, and Aion only the hardcore gamers get the end game gear and not the causals.  WAR is different and I don't know if that is a good thing or not.  Causal gamers in WAR can easily obtain Sov. Gear supposedly the best gear in the game.  They can experience the endgame content very easily especially with this new patch coming out and the new city instance.  From what I read every instance will get to stage 3 no matter what.  They are making the end game not very hard at all.

When I first came to WAR and MMOs in general I thought end game is only for the hardcore players and WAR was no exception in the beginning.  When the King was first killed I think it was 6 or so months after release and it took like 12 hours of playing just to kill him.  Now I think 12 hours is a little rough and it needed to be lowered down, but nowadays it is to accessible to all in my opinion.  I want it to feel like an accomplishment when we down the endgame instead now it is just whoever can get a warband together will down him.  I don't feel this is right and shouldn't be right.  Casuals are not entitle to easy gear but that is what they have right now.  Anyway just my 2 cents.

Oh and I was wrong in my other post about city changes.  You can bring in you warband I was just reading wrong.

New City Changes

Well yesterday Andy from Mythic release the notes from the city changes and I have to say that I like most of the things that he posted especially the Player Champions.  I find that to be pretty cool.  With that being said, I don't like that you the most you can get in there as a group is a 6 man.  I don't like that the other 3 groups will be random and you could get screwed over big time with who you get in your warband.  I just find it funny that Mythic is catering to the casual players with this new city.  I also don't like that both sides can earn high end gear from either defending or invading. I feel that the high end gear should only be earned if you invade the opposing realms city.  I guess we will just have to see how it goes.

Resurgence

So with the recent addition of all these bloggers does this mean WAR is growing.  I think it does.  I think with the resurgence of these bloggers is a good sign with WAR even with the latest billing fiasco.  I hope people realize that it isn't Mythic's fault for this billing problem but the people who are in charge of billing which is a billing agency.  Anyway I still think war is growing and it is a good sign for WAR with all the new blogs popping up.

And Some More

Ok well there are two more that I missed again.  Man I am bad at this.

One is Kite Like Hell.  He is a guildy of mine that is follow in my footsteps in the blogging world and he started one as well.

Another new one is TheHealeroftru's blog.  He is a DoK on my server as well.

Man there are a lot of bloggers on my server now.  And just think when I started this blog I was the only one on our server, ahh the good ole' days. 

Just Saw Some More

Just found 2 more WAR bloggers out there.  They are multiplying like rabbits.

Rudepox At WAR is new to the game and is playing a black orc.

Talk Nerdy to Me is a new girl blogger.  Chicken and Perle and WARbureau aren't the only ones now.  Awesomesauce.

Reliability

How reliable are you?  When you say you are going to be there for a run or something do you actually show up when you say you are going to or do you show up 20 mins late?  Me personally when I say a time I will show up usually early and if anything maybe 5 minutes late.  I find it a pet peeve of mine when someone says they will show on a set time and they don't show up within 5 minutes of that time especially in an MMO for a dungeon run.  I can understand if something in real life gets and you are late but if you are please let someone else know that you will unless there is a death or you are in the hospital or something else grave happened to you.  So please be reliable, if you say you are going to show up please show up. 

Who Is New

So I have been slacking on telling you people (thats right I said you people) about new blogs popping up.  Mainly because I have been lazy and I just didn't think about it.  Well that is getting remedy now.  If I miss anyone just tell me and i will put you in here.

First off we have Erbse, he has been blogging for sometime and I am just now getting to him.

Then we have Keagen, who is a magus on my server and his just started up not to long ago and it is an interesting read about Maguses (I guess that is right).

We also have Vauleen from Volkmar.  They just started blogging and I like them so far.

Scary Booster is back playing WAR and he is enjoying it so far.

Last but not least My Guild Leader  decided to start up a blog and let me warn you it is NSFW.  He also tells it like it is and holds nothing back.  If he feels like calling you out he will, so enjoy reading his blog.

I am sure there are others I am missing and if so just tell me and I will put you on my awesome list to the side and you will then be famous, just like me.

Who Gets the Loot

So I am nearing having every single end game piece of gear.  I only need my chest and boots for me to get full sovereign, which is either 3 king runs away unless either of those drop before that.  I only need my chest and gloves to be full tyrant and well that is a crap shoot as when I will get those.

I probably won't be full tyrant for a long time if ever.  The reason is that I will always pass on the chest piece until everyone else has it in the group because I won't use it at all except maybe when I am tanking but I can tank everything right now as is so there is no point in me getting it when tyrant is awesome for healers as well as dps.

I feel like the person who will use it should always get the loot first in the group.  Like in a king run I feel like if my chest piece drops and I am the only rr 80 knight in the warband then I should be the only person rolling on it, but say my boots drop and there are other knights in the warband that can wear them then they should roll as well.  As long as you can use it when you get it then I am fine with anyone rolling on an item.

Crests have been a discussion before with people who are not even 40 getting royal crest when they drop and I feel they shouldn't get them.  The problem isn't as big now with how easy it is to earn royals, but it is still there.  I feel like to roll need on invader you have to be rr 45, warlord rr 55, and royal rr 65.  Now the reason why these renown levels is because you are getting close to being able to use the gear and thus should start collecting a little before.  

So when you are in a group do you pass on loot that you could use but it benefits someone else more than you in your group or do you just roll and don't care because hey it is something you don't have and that you want?  If it helps someone else out RvR more than me I will pass.  What about you?

Hello and Psssh

Hello all, how are you doing this beautiful day?  I haven't been neglecting you guys, well I kind of have, but that is because this is a busy, busy time for me, but don't worry I am still playing and I am also working on a project. I am making a nice little movie that I think you all will enjoy greatly.  This movie has inspired me to do this.  That movie is probably one of the best Warhammer Online fan made movies I have seen.  So yea that is what I am working on plus a few other small things I have rattling around in my head.

Now on to the Psssh part.  I would like to say congrats to Garwaar, Weirt, Mykiel, and Andrew (If I spelled your name wrong to bad didn't feel like looking it up so I went off the top of my head) for getting invited to Mythic Headquarters to get an interview with those guys there.  Now you may be saying but why are you saying Psssh, well I live 2 hours away and they wouldn't even need to fly me out or anything like that.  I would do a lot just to get an interview with them because whether you believe it or not I do have a lot of questions to ask them.

With that out of the way I can understand them not picking me, because I haven't been as active as usual on the blog and there is bigger than mine and probably more informative.  Oh well I may just drive down in spite of them and crash there little party.  Haha wouldn't that be something to get kicked out of Mythic Headquarters.  So if you don't hear back from me then I am in jail and did something stupid at Mythic.

Bunch of News

Yesterday Mythic released a bunch of news.  First off they said Gromril Plating is getting nerf to be only a self buff to IBs.  Carrie also released her monthly news letter.  Not much going in it just saying that they are changing some tints on the armor and they also announced that Marauders are dueling wielding now.  Then the last piece of news that they announced was the guilds done for testing.  Now for the all the guilds out there that got chosen congrats, but I have some problems with some of them and how they choose them.

I know some of the destro guilds they pick for this and they are good players and some of the elite guilds on there servers just like Arsenal and the other ones they pick from our server.  Now the order guilds they pick I have a problem with.  They are not the top guilds or even close to the top guilds on our server.  Now I would have loved to been picked, but I wasn't expecting it because our guild leader has had a few choice words with Andy and the other Devs. so I wasn't expecting to to participate in it but some of the other top guilds like Irony, Blitz, and even Vlos should have def. been picked over the guilds they picked.

Its not that these are bad guilds but they are zerg guilds that have the highest player base or the most people online.  These guys will get demolished by the destro guilds that have been chosen.  I want the better guilds to be chosen because they will put the best competition forth and give the best feedback because the hardcore players know the game better than anyone else.  They don't want easy mode like the zerg guilds do.

Well we will just see what happens with the city.  Only time will tell.

Gromil Plating Nerf

So I know there have been a lot of complaints about Gromil Plating lately but destro should be rejoicing because they are making it self only buff in 1.3.5.  Here is the proof.  http://forums.warhammeronline.com/warhammer/board/message?board.id=archetype_tanks&thread.id=6034

Where Is Warhammer Going

So I have been wondering lately where Warhammer is heading.  I am almost full Sovereign and I would be completed if I had gone on every possible king run but due to real life things I haven't done 3 of them.  I have my full glyph set except my back and I don't really care about the rest of the tyrant set because it is basically a tank set and not a pvp set.  The only thing I am really working for is my royal two handed weapon.  That may take awhile, but other people already have there royal weapon and now they have nothing to work for except killing people which is the fun part of the game and what I play for, but there should always be a little incentive to play.

What I think would be kool if they do is that they add an extra dungeon that requires Sovereign gear.  The dungeon won't drop gear or weapons but jewelry pieces.  It would only be accessible right after you kill the king.  Who would we fight and how many bosses I don't know I am sure Mythic and Games Workshop would know.

I also think it would be nice if they added the cap renown to 100.  For those renown ranks you wouldn't get a renown point every level instead you would get something every 5 renown ranks or so.  I am sure Mythic could think of something that would work but I am not sure what.    

Where Have I Been

So I have been neglecting all two of my readers again.  Mostly because I haven't really had anything to post about.  Sure I still play some what, but not as much as before.  I am a busy guy right now with all the things going on in my life.  Also I am on the final boss of Final Fantasy 13.  This boss fight could be one of the hardest I have faced in a long while.  I am trying to do it with the party I had setup through out the whole story.  I am using Snow, Lighting, and Vanille as my main party and I want to beat it with those three.  I just have to get lucky I guess.  Well once I do beat it, I should be playing WAR more.  I am out for now, until next time.

Melee Bright Wizard

So I feel like I have been neglecting all my readers lately.  Well I actually have, but that is besides the point.  I have been playing some Warhammer off and on.  Usually for only an hour or two at a time though.  I have had more time but I am trying to beat Final Fantasy 13.  I am a little over halfway through so in another week or so I should beat it.

Anyway back to the title.  Yesterday in Altdorf I saw what I think to be a melee bright wizard.  I mean he was renown rank 43 with all primeval gear on.  He had a strength and ballistic jewelry on.  He also had a strength liniment on and had a strength taly in his soul weapon.  So I figure this is the first ever melee bright wizard out there. I can't quite figure out the ballistic jewelry, but oh well.  Here is a screenshot to prove it.

Still Here

I am still around just haven't had any bright ideas.  Also I have been concentrating on Final Fantasy 13 instead of WAR lately.  I will get back to playing WAR more when I beat Final Fantasy 13.