Flame Leviathon: 1 Shot!

Razorscale: 1 Shot!

XT Deconstructor: WHO THE HELL GAVE IT THAT VOICE??? 1 Shot. (And SOMEONE made me his Minion after I died)

Ignis: I can’t remember if this was a 2 or 3 shot, but he was the only one to give us any real trouble.

Kologarn: well hell, we didn’t expect to finish the first section of Ulduar, so why not go get this guy. We 2 shotted him. This is where the corpse abuse comes in.

First, we used a Gnome to pierce his nose.

Unfortunately that made his nose run, and another Gnome fell out.

And there were Achievements! (luckily MY eath on XT was to a light bomb)

Much fun was had by all!

We are the Sidhe Devils, Mighty Mighty Sidhe Devils. Yes, our tank IS wearing Bunny Ears…what of it???

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As I’ve been playing my hunter, I keep forgetting to readd my misdirect macro. So, when I realized I needed to MD in an instance, I panicked. Then I realized…I had clique active. I also was using grid for my party frames. So what did I do? I opened up clique from my spellbook, I found my misdirect spell, and I assigned it to shift+left click. Now I can use that button combo on my focus (or just on the grid bars even) and cast MD without having to change from my hostile target, and I don’t need a focus at all if I don’t want to set one.

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But wait! That’s not all. I can do the same with Master’s Call! And hey! Why not with my Rogue’s Tricks of the Trade? And while I’m at it, I bet I can use it on my Pally for Righteous Defense! How many more uses are there? I bet every class can find at least ONE. And Grid isn’t the only healthbar mod Clique works with of course. It works with all of them as far as I know. I just prefer the tiny Grid boxes. Your mileage may vary.

Thought I’d add some of the things I’ve seen in response as I go.

Death Knight: Raise Ally (Thank you Stop)

Draenei: Gift of the Naaru (Thanks Nibuca. Also, Nib is the reason I use Grid on all my toons)

From Aurik via twitter: "I found it handy for misdirects – much better than setting up a macro and then for Battle Shout / HoW and my DK self heal stuff"

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I have recently brought my hunter out of retirement. She’s been 80 since December, and pretty much retired. For the last week or so I’ve been working on bringing her up to par with the rest of my characters. She came along quickly. This includes adjusting her spec a bit. However, I am, and always will be, a Beast Master hunter. I don’t care what the "in" spec is, or what the "perfect" pet is. I am a Beast Master hunter and my preferred pet is my Spirit Beast.

So there we are, in Stormwind, minding our own business. Dropping things off at the AH. When out of nowhere comes a whisper. So lvl 80 hunter.

"Lols BM spec is lame! and so is Lolque. You need to spec MM or Marks noob"

I’m paraphrasing a bit. But you get the idea. Now, I don’t mind GOOD advice, such as maybe I should put this point over here in this tree to get better damage. Or maybe I should use X weapon instead of Y weapon to get more of Z effect. That kind of advice comes with good intention. And respects the fact that I chose this spec because I enjoy it.  I even search OUT good advice. In fact my Spirit Beast spec is a result of Pike, as is most of my BM spec (53/11/7 with some variation). And you know what? Good advice has helped! The only thing Mr Randomwhisper of Kael’thas US helped me do was Snicker.

Sure our MM (Or was it Surv?? I always forget) hunter ws higher. But I clearly hold my own in my chosen spec.  So here’s some unsolicited advice from me.

Don’t just assume the "off" spec is the result of being a lolnoob. It may just be what someone enjoys, is good at, and it may not be so lame after all. All it really does, is make you look like the noob.

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i can take a joke, even at my own expense. This blog post is proof of that. If you can’t laugh at yourself…who else can you laugh at.

I was soooo excited to hit 80!! I had a spirit beast, I had new gear, I had 2 epics. I was awesome! Today, I ran a normal DTK run, and Denali dinged 80 JUST as I got the achievement…how cool!

I then had to log to attend my daughter’s band concert. When I returned, I got a chance to run a heroic. Nexus, no problem. I even had quests there. Bonus!

Complete! I never died (go go Feign Death). I got some badges, I even trapped a mob. TWICE! Chain trapping! Ok, so it only need trapped twice but dammit it was a short chain. My dps wasn’t even bad considering I’m in the crafted blue (pvp oriented but not bad) set.

This was about mid run, didn’t catch recount in any other shots, I somehow closed it. But hey, not bad right?

Then…came the fail. It was 2am, I logged out to go to bed. All pleased with myself for not being a huntard. I go to a couple blogs, and the BRK forums to see if I can figure out how to get my pullshot back since my old “/cast arcane shot /stopcasting” no longer stopped auto attack, and neither did /stopattack. i see mention of Freezing Arrow. A level 80 skill.

That’s when it hit me.

There I was, with my 1200 buffed DPS…and…not a single level 80 skill or rank trained.

/facepalm
/blush
/cry

Situation has now been rectified. That 1200 number is now my unbuffed dps. Yeah It’s NOT raid quality (she’ll likely never enter a raid, that’s my druid’s thing), but dammit it’s not bad, and when I’m NOT lagging to death on the target dummy I’ll play with rotation to see how it changes.

If I ever recover from my epic fail!

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First you do that…then you get…

Yes, yes I AM the Angelina Jolie of the WoW world. Hawt chick with big gun. Just not with all the kids. Or Brad Pitt for that matter. But Hey, Loque > Brad Pitt.

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All this week, up until yesterday I did nothing but search for the elusive Loque’nahak. The Spirit Beast. I have read ALL the stories, and thought the closest I’d get is a Pull Toy from BRK’s sticky post. I gave up. I decided that my normal pets were just as special as this oh so rare beauty. Even though as a Draenei with my own glowing blue eyes we’d make a striking pair.

As I slept last night, a name came to me. Denali. Great one in the Athabaskan tongue. The REAL name of Mt Mckinley.

I woke up, grabbed my coffee. Logged into Nessingwary’s camp where I’d dropped my search. My plan was to do some mining. I turned on track minerals and started my rounds. I came to The Bonefields, and saw a titanium node spawned. Also knowing Loque could occasionally spawnthere, a tapped my keybound macro.

/tar King Krush
/tar Aotona
/tar Loque
/tar Spirit Beast
/stopmacro [noexists]
/w Cairessa >%t<
/script PlaySoundFile(“Sound\\Creature\\Illidan\\BLACK_Illidan_04.wav”)

Suddenly Illidan’s voice filled the room…YOU ARE NOT PREPARED!! That’s precisely when BRK’s friend Brain invaded my thoughts, only he sounded more like George Carlin..

I was in Panic mode.

Me: OMG there he is!!

George: yes. Yes he is. What are you going to do?

ME: TAME HIM!!

ALL of BA chat: Jess, you don’t want him remember?

ME: SHHHH!!!

George: he’s elite, you should take precautions.

ME: AND??

George: T-R-A-P?

Me: Right…WHERE IS MY TRAP???

George: Told you 3 days ago, you should keybind that.

ME: …not helping me find the button!

George: You really should hurry, are there others nearby?

ME: Shit…/look around…no, I’m safe. aha there’s trap.

George: /facepalm real ladylike language there LADY Jess

ME: GO HOME GEORGE!!

/tame beast POP goes the trap, and he never laid a claw on me. I sent George straight back to BRK (thanks for the loan, hope it wasn’t too much trouble).

I’m in love. He’s gorgeous. He’s mine. He is the Great one. Denali. He’ll always show up when you quit searching, and if you name him…he will come.

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Oh…and this guy…

YES!! I got him!! this morning during a routine mining trip around the basin, I stopped at the spot with the Rocs, and the Roc Matriarch to grab some saronite, and I clickied my macro that I’d been using. Suddenly Illidan was yelling “YOU ARE NOT PREPARED!!” and Loque’nahak was targeted. I had searched for 4 days and given up. But last night, a name came to me. Denali. “Great One”. Also, a mountain in Alaska most know as McKinley. Apparently, he would only come to me when I had a name? So…pretty. And still shaking slightly here…lol

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Well, you do this…

And then spend 4 days searching for a Spirit Beast, until you decide you really like your Black Lion named Seeaytee, and give up the hunt. Maybe to take it up again at another time, or maybe just to accept that it wasn’t meant to be. Cairessa is my first alt to get an epic bird by the way. Yay me!!

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Now he’s safe, and secure and cared for. Free of their poking spears and taunts. Now, get out there and rescue a pet in need!!

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