Mostly random thoughts about WoW and Star Wars.

• 26Nov 08

  First Time in Utgarde Keep

  Last night I got into my first Wrath of the Lich King instance; Utgarde Keep located in the Howling Fjord. As a newbie to instances here's a few things I learned. All of these are from a Hunter's point of view.
  
  * Instances really are a different game from questing. To paraphrase a quote from Fight Club, "you don't really know your character or class until you're in an instance".
  
  * You have to turn off practically all of your pet's special abilities except for Cower. Unlike, solo questing you *do not* want your pet generating threat and taking aggro from the main tank.
  
  * Trapping is actually important.
  
  * Massive amounts of DPS will not make up for the lack of other roles. We had three hunters, one death knight (frost), and one priest (holy). The priest was actually a dude playing a character on his girlfriend's account and had never healed an instance before. Our tank was also new the role.
  
  * I need to look into acquiring a headset and getting into vent.
  
  We mowed through the trash without much of a problem but wiped on the first boss twice before beating him. We wiped on the next boss-duo twice before we called it a night since it was getting late. All in all, it was a fun experience and I really enjoyed myself. I look forward to getting through more of it next time.
  • Posted Nov 26, 2008 10:26 am PT
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• 20Nov 08

  The NXE

  I got home last night before my family so I powered up the Xbox 360 to run through the update to kill the time before they got home. I was on the "choose an avatar as a starting point" screen when my wife came in the door. My wife had absolutely zero knowledge about the NXE update before seeing it on the TV.
  
  HER: Hey, what happened to our Mii's? They're all different now.
  
  ME: Uh, this isn't our Wii. It's the 360. Notice the crisp HD picture.
  
  HER: Really? Whatever. Those look an awful lot like Miis.
  
  ME: Yes, they do kind of.
  
  HER: Why are they trying to copy the Wii?
  
  ME: I don't know. They want what everyone else has I guess. [I proceed to choose my starter avatar]
  
  HER: You picked a chick.
  
  ME: No way. That's totally a dude. He's got camouflage pants on. And a baseball hat.
  
  HER: It's a chick. Look at the available hairstyles. Those are female hairstyles.
  
  ME: [Looks closer at TV. Realizes she's right.] Ah man. I could've have sworn that was a dude. [Hit's 'B' button a couple of times]
  • Posted Nov 20, 2008 2:12 pm PT
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• 20Nov 08

  The Prince of Darkness

  I apologize for the bleeped out swearing but this is just too funny.
  
  
  • Posted Nov 20, 2008 1:05 pm PT
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