I decided to do some realigning of some of my toons and the guilds that they're in. I have a guild that's basically just a 1-tab guild vault, but I have my 70 Shaman and my wife's toons in there. Not sure why... it just ended up that way. So, I decided to hand the reigns over to my bank toon, who just got her horse on Tuesday.
In order to do that, I had to pass guild leadership to another account (my wife's account), and then back to mine. By coincidence, I checked the guild vault just after I had given the guild to my wife's toon. And there was nothing. I checked the log to make sure nothing was taken out (there's a few other RL friends that are in that guild, but they rarely log on, and never use the vault), and nothing was.
So, once again it was off to open a trouble ticket with Blizzard. They had me delete those special WTF, Cache, and Interface folders in hopes that it was just my computer. I backed them up... it was not the problem. I'm sure it will get fixed, it's just a minor inconvenience more than anything. I mean, I can see the log right in WowArmory. I could calculate and tell you exactly what's in the vault. Well... what should be in the vault.
On another note... as a recent 70 with both my Resto Shaman and Holy Priest, I really have to stop just greeding on all greens in instances. Some of them (a lot actually) are pretty good upgrades. Leiandra is just to epic to notice anything that's a blue, so the greens don't even enter my mind. I really need to change that so I can gear those two up. lol.
I ran Shadow Lab last night in a Pug with my priest. It always helps to have a good tank, which we did. The rogues (yes two), kept hitting everything, so that was kind of annoying that I had to heal them as much as I did. The Hallowed Garments dropped off Murmur. But I don't think they're really all that much better than the Mooncloth Vestments. Oh sure, there's also the good amount of Spirit. At any rate... an upgrade is an upgrade, so I should probably start wearing the new ones.
Friday, July 18, 2008
Thursday, July 17, 2008
WoW on Resume
So, as I mentioned, I had a job interview yesterday. I think it went pretty well, for the most part. We'll see if anything actually comes of it. A few months ago, I decided to start including my experience as a World of Warcraft Guild Leader in a "Management Experience" section of my resume. I spend far too many hours doing this to not count it. :) So, here's what I came up with:
To me, that's a pretty solid example of management experiences. Sure, go ahead and provide feedback as you feel is necessary, but I think it's pretty solid.
Apparently, the recruiter I'm working with didn't see it the same as me. She had forwarded an edited version of my resume that did not include this experience. And she didn't send me a copy of the edited resume either. So in the interview, I referenced World of Warcraft because of our guild web site where I installed the phpbb forums and customized it, showing my familiarity with different languages, and my ability to research and solve problems. Bringing up a video game reference from seemingly thin air probably made me look bad at first, but it brought attention to this part of my resume (since I handed them one of my copies at the start of the interview) and one of the interviewers plays Wow. :)
I'll hear back in a few weeks. I suppose if I get the job (or at least an offer), I can really start to preach this. I know there's the guy from Yahoo that got hired partly because of Wow, but how effective is it for the rest of us? I'll keep you posted.
World of Warcraft 5/2007 – Present
Guild Leader
• Nightly coordinate a group of 35 people.
• Research and determine appropriate solutions based on resources available to help members overcome complex problems.
• Participate in all aspects of bringing on new members, including marketing, interviews, and orientation.
• Oversee that managers have properly coached subordinates to perform their given tasks.
• Handle and resolve personnel issues that may arise, including disciplinary actions when applicable.
To me, that's a pretty solid example of management experiences. Sure, go ahead and provide feedback as you feel is necessary, but I think it's pretty solid.
Apparently, the recruiter I'm working with didn't see it the same as me. She had forwarded an edited version of my resume that did not include this experience. And she didn't send me a copy of the edited resume either. So in the interview, I referenced World of Warcraft because of our guild web site where I installed the phpbb forums and customized it, showing my familiarity with different languages, and my ability to research and solve problems. Bringing up a video game reference from seemingly thin air probably made me look bad at first, but it brought attention to this part of my resume (since I handed them one of my copies at the start of the interview) and one of the interviewers plays Wow. :)
I'll hear back in a few weeks. I suppose if I get the job (or at least an offer), I can really start to preach this. I know there's the guy from Yahoo that got hired partly because of Wow, but how effective is it for the rest of us? I'll keep you posted.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
New Time Keeping
Time is super short today because I'm driving down to San Diego for a job interview, and I'm only at work for about 2 hours. But I found it quite amusing how many people wanted to hide the new clock that has shown up around the mini map with the latest patch. There was almost a hatred to the clock. Why is that?
Personally, I have too many mods that have another bubble around the mini-map, so it's almost covered up. It just means that I have to reorganize them so that I can see the clock, and I think it's a good thing. I like to know what time it is. Heck, it will probably help me go to bed earlier, because "Oh my gosh, it's 2 a.m. already!" probably won't happen as much. What are your thoughts on the new clock?
Personally, I have too many mods that have another bubble around the mini-map, so it's almost covered up. It just means that I have to reorganize them so that I can see the clock, and I think it's a good thing. I like to know what time it is. Heck, it will probably help me go to bed earlier, because "Oh my gosh, it's 2 a.m. already!" probably won't happen as much. What are your thoughts on the new clock?
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Patch 2.4.3 - End of Raid Herpes
I'm not sure how I missed this part of the patch notes before. I thought I read it; I usually do. But in the released Patch Notes for today's patch, it reads the following:
But it does raise a concern. I can easily see the exploit here. There's generally a ton of people parked just outside of any major instance. Karazhan is the first one that comes to mind. With just one person flagged, it usually causes some form of chaos. Now, you can flag, start to fight, and then if you're low on health, just run in to Karazhan and come right back out... unflagged. Just seems, well... kind of cheap.
I think I would have rather have seen the implementation that you don't get flagged PvP while buffing/healing a party member that is flagged PvP while in an instance. But then that sounds like a heck of a lot more code that Blizzard would have had to have write. And being that I'd much rather that they work on other things... it makes a nice change... for now.
p.s. Oh, and "Summon Warhorse is now available at level 30." Yep... you can guess the first thing I'm doing tonight.
"Zoning into an instance on a PvE realm will now drop your PvP flag."It's possible that I didn't read it because it's listed under the PvP section. But still... No more, getting on a bird before we summon you. No more having to have the entire raid flag PvP because somebody forgot to unflag. I'm not sure I've ever had a PvP flag and set off Raid Herpes, but it's nice to know that it's no longer an issue.
But it does raise a concern. I can easily see the exploit here. There's generally a ton of people parked just outside of any major instance. Karazhan is the first one that comes to mind. With just one person flagged, it usually causes some form of chaos. Now, you can flag, start to fight, and then if you're low on health, just run in to Karazhan and come right back out... unflagged. Just seems, well... kind of cheap.
I think I would have rather have seen the implementation that you don't get flagged PvP while buffing/healing a party member that is flagged PvP while in an instance. But then that sounds like a heck of a lot more code that Blizzard would have had to have write. And being that I'd much rather that they work on other things... it makes a nice change... for now.
p.s. Oh, and "Summon Warhorse is now available at level 30." Yep... you can guess the first thing I'm doing tonight.
Monday, July 14, 2008
4th "Final" Ding and New Career
Well, I got my paladin her final level this past weekend, so she's all ready for her mount with the next patch. So, she's once again going to retire to Stormwind to pursue her career as a banker. Even last night, she made a phenomenal find on the AH.
On my server, Primal Water goes for about 30g each. I found 8 posted for 9g, which I quickly bought. I was thinking about sending a tell to the person, but when I got the Primal Waters out of the mail, the message disappeared, and the name was lost. About a minute later, I get a tell asking, "Did I just sell 8 Primal Waters for 9g?" I started to feel kind of bad, but then again... she did post them. And there was a small justification because I was using them for my wife's Shadow Embrace set, and not just turning around and selling them. Thinking about it now, I'm kind of a jerk. But should I feel bad?
She didn't ask for them back. She didn't ask for additional money. At one point, she said "oh well". And I found out it was a female because I told her that my wife thanked her for helping her craft her Shadow Embrace set (hoping that would ease the sting because it wasn't turned around and sold for cash), and she responded that she'd just make her husband go buy more for her.
So... yeah. Should I feel bad? Or just move on. Even if I do feel bad, I'm not willing to do anything about it. So, I guess I'm not really going to feel that bad anyway. lol. Anyone have any other stories about profiting from other people's misfortunes?
On my server, Primal Water goes for about 30g each. I found 8 posted for 9g, which I quickly bought. I was thinking about sending a tell to the person, but when I got the Primal Waters out of the mail, the message disappeared, and the name was lost. About a minute later, I get a tell asking, "Did I just sell 8 Primal Waters for 9g?" I started to feel kind of bad, but then again... she did post them. And there was a small justification because I was using them for my wife's Shadow Embrace set, and not just turning around and selling them. Thinking about it now, I'm kind of a jerk. But should I feel bad?
She didn't ask for them back. She didn't ask for additional money. At one point, she said "oh well". And I found out it was a female because I told her that my wife thanked her for helping her craft her Shadow Embrace set (hoping that would ease the sting because it wasn't turned around and sold for cash), and she responded that she'd just make her husband go buy more for her.
So... yeah. Should I feel bad? Or just move on. Even if I do feel bad, I'm not willing to do anything about it. So, I guess I'm not really going to feel that bad anyway. lol. Anyone have any other stories about profiting from other people's misfortunes?
Friday, July 11, 2008
Doing Hated Quests
The leveling of my paladin is coming along slowly, but that's okay. Just clarifying yesterday's post, I probably only lvl the pally for about 30 minutes or less at a time. 5 minutes before I need to get on Leiandra to start sending out raid invites? No problem, kill a few mobs with my paly. Things like that. I still keep my normal regime of raiding, playing with my wife and getting her geared up, etc. It's kind of a side-hobby, if you will. That's kind of the background in case you start thinking "Why is it taking him forever just to get another 1.5 levels?"
Last night, I went and did The Cursed Crew. This may sound strange, but I think it's one of my most hated quests. Why do I have such a hatred for a level 29 quest?
Part of it is the fact it's underwater. I don't particularly like underwater quests. Unless you're a shaman, druid, or warlock, you have to come up for air every 60 seconds. Sure, I could also buy an underwater breathing potion, but that seems like such a waste for just one "easy" quest. Then there's the fact that sometimes in the close quarters of the ship and being underwater, my camera gets disoriented or whatnot, and sometimes I just get trapped in the lower decks of the ship.
Also, a lot of the underwater boat quests have mobs tightly packed in to the boat. So, it's not only that you have 60 seconds to kill a mob and get back up for air, but that you have 60 seconds to kill, avoid adds, and get back up for air. I also recognize that you can move back up to the surface once you've engaged a mob, but sometimes it's just not possible, or maybe just inconvenient.
Part of it may be that I don't like getting cursed (mage and druid obviously excluded), and having to be... essentially undead. I'm a human, for goodness sake. Hmm.. maybe it's partly I don't want to be undead. lol.
But the reason I hate The Cursed Crew up in Wetlands is that I dislike the quest (for the above stated reasons), and yet I do it EVERY time I'm questing in the Wetlands. Why, oh why do I subject myself to this displeasure? Is it the cool quest reward I get at the end of the chain? Nope. Is it because it's easy xp? I suppose to a degree, but there's other quests out there, so not really. So, the reason I hate it is because I dislike it, I do it every time, and yet, I have no idea why I do. How's that for insanity? lol.
Please tell me that somebody else out there has at least some similar insanity about a quest. Please?
Last night, I went and did The Cursed Crew. This may sound strange, but I think it's one of my most hated quests. Why do I have such a hatred for a level 29 quest?
Part of it is the fact it's underwater. I don't particularly like underwater quests. Unless you're a shaman, druid, or warlock, you have to come up for air every 60 seconds. Sure, I could also buy an underwater breathing potion, but that seems like such a waste for just one "easy" quest. Then there's the fact that sometimes in the close quarters of the ship and being underwater, my camera gets disoriented or whatnot, and sometimes I just get trapped in the lower decks of the ship.
Also, a lot of the underwater boat quests have mobs tightly packed in to the boat. So, it's not only that you have 60 seconds to kill a mob and get back up for air, but that you have 60 seconds to kill, avoid adds, and get back up for air. I also recognize that you can move back up to the surface once you've engaged a mob, but sometimes it's just not possible, or maybe just inconvenient.
Part of it may be that I don't like getting cursed (mage and druid obviously excluded), and having to be... essentially undead. I'm a human, for goodness sake. Hmm.. maybe it's partly I don't want to be undead. lol.
But the reason I hate The Cursed Crew up in Wetlands is that I dislike the quest (for the above stated reasons), and yet I do it EVERY time I'm questing in the Wetlands. Why, oh why do I subject myself to this displeasure? Is it the cool quest reward I get at the end of the chain? Nope. Is it because it's easy xp? I suppose to a degree, but there's other quests out there, so not really. So, the reason I hate it is because I dislike it, I do it every time, and yet, I have no idea why I do. How's that for insanity? lol.
Please tell me that somebody else out there has at least some similar insanity about a quest. Please?
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Free Mount Goal
For quite some time now, I've have my level mid-20's paladin be my bank alt. For some reason, I just never got around to leveling her, and I probably never will. But, as you can read from yesterday's post (a lot of good suggestions, btw), I've been thinking about mounts.
And why shouldn't I be? In the next minor patch, the first riding level will be reduced to 30 from 40. That means that my paladin is pretty close to getting her free mount. I took her out to level her just a bit. She's currently 28; just 2 more levels to go. The funny thing is: the only thing she had in her bags when I had this great idea was a hearthstone and a mining pick. (Oh, and some lvl 70 greens that I hadn't put up on the AH yet.)
So, no water. No potions. Kind of au naturel, if you will. Well, she still had all her armor and Verigan's Fist that I had obtained shortly after hit 20 a long, long time ago. So, when I am low on mana or whatnot... I just take on one mob while I got my mana back. If I am low on mana and health, I simply get to a safe spot and go do something else (fix food, check mail, etc.) while everything goes back. It's kind of a relaxing way to level. I couldn't imagine doing it all the way to 70, but it's a change of pace.
And once she hits 30, she'll head back to Stormwind to manage the financial affairs of Leiandra and my other toons. But when the patch goes out... she'll have a horse. :) (At least, I hope she will.)
And why shouldn't I be? In the next minor patch, the first riding level will be reduced to 30 from 40. That means that my paladin is pretty close to getting her free mount. I took her out to level her just a bit. She's currently 28; just 2 more levels to go. The funny thing is: the only thing she had in her bags when I had this great idea was a hearthstone and a mining pick. (Oh, and some lvl 70 greens that I hadn't put up on the AH yet.)
So, no water. No potions. Kind of au naturel, if you will. Well, she still had all her armor and Verigan's Fist that I had obtained shortly after hit 20 a long, long time ago. So, when I am low on mana or whatnot... I just take on one mob while I got my mana back. If I am low on mana and health, I simply get to a safe spot and go do something else (fix food, check mail, etc.) while everything goes back. It's kind of a relaxing way to level. I couldn't imagine doing it all the way to 70, but it's a change of pace.
And once she hits 30, she'll head back to Stormwind to manage the financial affairs of Leiandra and my other toons. But when the patch goes out... she'll have a horse. :) (At least, I hope she will.)
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