Ald Demo

My warrior now joins my death knight, shaman, and hunter on the level 100 list. I took a bit of a detour and started fresh this time instead of finishing off my mage or warlock which are still stuck at 90. They'll probably stay there a while since i'm finding it difficult to get any enjoyment out of them right now. This of course skews my class balance heavily in favor of melee three to one. With Blackrock Foundry and especially Blackhand being so melee unfriendly, perhaps this wasn't wise. I'll make it work though.

I'm currently playing Fury and loving it. Sure it has some horrible RNG when nothing procs thanks to the low crit level currently available, but it's still much smoother play wise than my DK. Only having to worry about one resource instead of two is another aspect i'm quite enjoying. I seriously despise the rune system and all of its clunkiness. Of course the best part of Fury is being able to dual wield 2-handers like a boss. I mean, how awesome is that? In the immortal words of Nigel Tufnel - "how much more black could this be? and the answer is none, none more black". A new gearing up journey begins.

It's about a month late but here's my Heroic Kargath Bladefist kill. We in the guild like to call bosses by different names since the ones Blizzard seem to come up with recently feel like jumbled up messes. This one is obviously obvious, obviously. While i'm typically not selected to go up into the stands, i did manage to sneak up there at least once towards the end just to pad the meters like any silly DPS would. Sometimes i also like to give the tiger pits a brief visit as well, but not this time.

I've been on a bit of a hiatus due to my video card finally giving out on me. Three years is a long time and it served me well during that time, so i wasn't really surprised it finally gave out. Unfortunately it made it impossible to grab and sort of in game footage or screenshots of any quality. While i do have a bit of a backlog of kill videos from finishing up Heroic Highmaul, i have nothing new from Blackrock Foundry. I'll be playing catch-up for a bit but it should be fine.


The real surprise came when i checked up on my Raptr play times after neglecting it for a while. I knew it was going to happen at some point, and it finally did. WoW is now my number one played game, eclipsing the mistake that i like to call Aion. I'm sort of glad i bumped that horrid game off my top spot but also shocked at the game that did it. I never intended to be playing this game for this long at this time. Funny how things sometimes work out.

For my third level 100 i decided to transfer my Hunter over to Stormrage. I also decided to change it up a bit so i went from Blood Elf female to Human male. I had no real reason for doing so other than it just feeling right at the time. Blizzard sure knows how to milk me out of my money with the ridiculous cost of all my transfers and faction changes. First world problems i suppose.


The aspect i was looking forward to the most upon reaching cap was the Lone Wolf talent. I've always been a fan of bow classes but have always hating anything having to do with pets. I essentially turned my hunter into an archer and i couldn't be happier. No longer do i have to deal with pathing issues or random trains created if i forget to dismiss my pet before jumping off ledges. While i still use a pet for soloing purposes, it's glorious not having to bother with one in instances or raids. Sorry fellas, you've been stabled for a while.

Goodbye Orc and hello Dwarf. My transition from Horde to Alliance continued next with my Shaman. I'm not normally one for small races but, out of all the options that could play Shaman, this was by far my favorite. I'd be lying if i said it didn't have a little to do with the recent Hobbit films, but Dwarves have certainly grown on me. No pun intended there. Maybe. I may be small but i pack a wallop.

• Head: Helm of the Furnace Master
• Shoulders: Observer's Mantle
• Back: Drape of Smoldering Dreams
• Chest: Chestguard of Rejuvenation
• Hands: Precision Cutters
• Waist: Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Waistguard of Cruelty
• Legs: Homeguard Leggings
• Feet: Ravager's Pathwalkers
• Main Hand: Phemos' Double Slasher (Power Torrent Illusion)
• Off Hand: Phemos' Double Slasher (Mending Illusion)
• Tabard: Tabard of the Guardians of Hyjal

When my first Highmaul follower mission popped up in my garrison, i was super excited. Finally i could send my gang out on meaningful missions with pretty awesome rewards. My excitement quickly subsided when i realized that my mission required counters from a follower i had not geared up yet. That one annoying bugger i really didn't care for or had any interest in gearing of course had the counter i needed. The best i could do with what i had at the time had a 53% chance of success. What a bummer.

I finally decided to stop slacking on my follower collection for my DK. Once i hit the 25 follower cap, i sort of just stopped collecting them for absolutely no apparent reason. I think i was just so preoccupied with leveling and resource gathering that i never stopped to do any bonus quests for extra followers. Once i finished all the chapters in each zone, i moved on to the next and never looked back.

My goal for the day was to acquire a few i missed along the way as well as the two epic followers rewarded for a few dungeon achievements. I started with Croman in Bloodmaul Slag Mines and moved on to Leeroy Jenkins in Upper Blackrock Spire. Both went pretty smoothly despite it being a pick up group, but i had a pocket tank with me which made it much easier. Two epic followers down.

Next came Image of Archmage Vargoth which required lots of running around but didn't take too long. I actually like these kind of quests that have you all over the place searching for stuff. Apparently time travel makes you lose your clothing. Much to my amazement, he proc'd epic quality once i completed it.  Three epic followers down.

I finally went and did it. I faction changed my main DK to Alliance. After a year of nothing but Horde, i thought it was time to switch back to my original faction. My original character was an Alliance Hunter that i played for about a week before i rerolled to my main DK on the Horde side. It was time to make the change back. It was time to go home.

Goodbye Horde Garrison

My reasons for doing so had absolutely nothing to do with the factions themselves. I've never been one to really care about faction pride and since the Warcraft universe is fairly new to me, i didn't really gravitate to one side or the other. No, my reason for switching is my love for anything Human in all MMO's and my dislike for anything Orc and Troll related. It's kind of difficult to avoid Orcs in this game but, at least now, i can see them a bit less.

I'm going to miss Blood Elves. They're by far the best looking race in all of Azeroth in my opinion. Night Elves don't even compare and shouldn't be in the same sentence as the beautiful and majestic Blood Elves. They do a wonderful job of balancing out the ugly on the Horde and will be missed. They were not enough to keep me though.

Hello Alliance Garrison

One aspect i won't miss is the Horde Garrison. I suppose it fits their theme rather well, but what a depressing and cold place to call home. On the flip side is the beautiful and cozy Alliance counterpart. Everything about it is better in my eyes, from the aesthetics to the layout and placement in the world. I actually like spending my time in this one as apposed to getting the hell out of dodge as quickly as possible in the other.

My other characters will have to remain Horde for the time being but i don't play them as much anyway. My Shaman will definitely be the next one up on the transfer block sometime soon. Transitioning from Orc to Dwarf is going to be amazing to say the least. That beard alone is just too strong to ignore. Alliance, here i come.