Archive for the “Special Events” Category

Today is Talk Like a Pirate day, we know. BUT if you travel to booty bay, and get on top of the bank, you will find the Dread Captain M. Yes, I forgot her name. But if you talk to her, you get to be a pirate for the day (12 hour buff), just like Seenah, my level 54 rogue.   There are also pirate NPC’s in the cities, that can give you a 1 hour costume buff.

Avast Ye skurvy dogs go get ye some!!!

And what I want I usually get. I’m stubborn that way. So when I saw some dwarf rogue and a  mini dwarf with their shiny new tabard, and adorabubble pet, I wanted one!! So, I waited til midnight on my server for the Olympic type event thing to start, and I decided I would get one too. That’s right, I…Jess, hater of PVP, went into not one, not two, but FOUR Alterac Valley battlegrounds. I got the tabard of course the first time. But didn’t get an Alliance win til the fourth. I even hit top healing on Drekk when a pally tank AoE tanked him and his guards, because two towers were still up. But I looked at my mailbox and there he was!! First win, and I got my precious!! While I was at it, I reviewed some gear. And have decided to try getting the vindicators Kodohide Boots since Chess hasn’t been nice to me. And I might see if hubby wants to suffer through some arenas so I can grab some legs and gloves. Both surprisingly are upgrades to what I have, and have the added benefit of stamina and resilience. I’ll lose a bit of spirit, but not enough to hurt. I’ll gain Mp5 actually. And I’ll be able to take more than half a hit before I drop dead. As a very wise (drunk…but wise) Dwarfadin once told me, all the +healing in the world doesn’t help when you’re dead.

Speaking of dead. I once again topped the death meters in Kara on my priest tonight. But being a priest, occasionally my deaths are quite dramatic. Like when I get eaten by a big skeletal fiery dragon.

That’s what my Mom always told me, and that’s what my shiney new healing cloak says too! That’s right, Kharmaa’s Shroud of Hope now belongs to Jessamyn! Thanks to a surprise run at Gruul tonight with another guild on our server. We took down HKM, and beat the drool out of Gruul, I was a bit dead in that screenshot. There was supposed to be a Mag run right after, but not enough of the right classes or something. I wasn’t really paying attention I was too busy going OMG MY FIRST GRUUL KILL!! We ended up all going to Shatt to repair, refill, etc. And I ran to get my cloak. That was when they made a decision. And I got so see another FIRST kill.

No, not The Blob. The Lurker!! I died on the first spout the first time. But thanks to some advice from our guild raid leader, I managed to survive the second attempt and be ALIVE when the big smelly slimeball fell. A couple guildies got great upgrades tonight, which is always a good thing. I only have 4 badges to my name at the moment, but hey, I saw two firsts in ONE night, AND got the cloak I’ve wanted for ages. Only 3 upgrades left for Miss Jessamyn, and I will be set. Her leather chess boots, a ring, a neck, and her 100 badge pants. I’m wearing cloth in the boot and leg slots now, and while I realize no I shouldn’t be getting hit, and armor shouldn’t matter, both are clear upgrades to what I’m wearing. And with WOTLK bring an armor bonus to tree form, the higher the better.

I also managed to get my priest back up to par, I just lack confidence in my healing on her right now. I’m going to work on that soon. I know I said I was shelving her with the Xpac, but right now, we kinda need holy priests, and if I can help out by having mine ready, I will. This guild has been so super in taking me in, making me feel welcome, it’s just my way of giving back.

Last night was another first for me. I took Jess to Molten Core. She was only Level 10 or so when BC came out, so she never saw anything of the Old World dungeons and raids outside of Scarlet Monastery and Deadmines. It was all very cool, especially listening to the rest of the team reminiscing about the 40 man days in there. I can definitely picture our raid leader managing 40 people, he’s really good. It almost makes me wish I’d started playing sooner, but I guess I’ll have similar memories of doing Kara when the WOTLK comes out. I’m going to miss Kara actually. It’s by far my favorite group activity. I did get my T1 boots, A nice little souvenir from the first MC boss.

Ragnaros was by far the most impressive event last night. The whole dramatic build up, the fight, even if I got thrown BEHIND the mountain and had to HoT myself swimming through a river of lava to get back to my tanks to heal them. That was impressive too, a challenge I haven’t faced before.

And Bonus, I now understand the post I made about the lvl 60 bosses being neglected!

BRK and Ratshag have teamed up for a running of the bulls. We race to Hammerfall. this is a moo tribute to one of BRK’s guildies that has recently passed away. I know how that goes, as we lost on of our own last summer. The guy that is responsible for my priest’s existance as a matter of fact. So, even if I miss the actual race, I wanted to at least create my cow (anudderjess), and hang out. AC, and all of Sharvan’s friends, my condolences.