Habits Interacting with NPC's

I started noticing several patterns that I consistently do while playing World of Warcraft. For example, whenever I go from Shattrath to another city to go to the Auction House, I always go to Iron Forge. Furthermore, I always visit the same auctioneer, the one on the left as you walk in. My bank alt (that's in charge of selling everything on the Auction House) has taken up permanent residence in Stormwind, where she always speaks with the auctioneer on the far right.

(The Stormwind stay started from when I would farm copper in Elwynn Forest. A level 26 bank alt pally has a lot of fun concencrating as she runs through the various mining spots in Elwynn Forest.)

I've only visited the Darnasus AH on the rarest occasions, but it's always the first auctioneer on the left. And if I visit the other Auction Houses, it's the person in the center as you walk down the ramp (Exodar and Gagdetzan).

As for banks, I faithfully visit the Aldor bank and guild vault on the left side only (as you walk in). If I visit SW, it's the banker on the left. And IF is the banker in the center, guild vault on the left.

My other alts have various spots to repair and sell gray items, but Leiandra almost always repairs her armor and restocks her reagents in Lower City near all the trade skill guys. (Keep in mind that she's a mage, so she never has her hearthstone set in Shatt.) If she only has to sell gray items, she'll do so in the Aldor bank area, the guy in the middle.

The whole point of all these details (and sorry if I bored anyone), is that I rarely deviate from these places. I'm just a creature of habit. Then again, aren't we all?

What are your obsessive habits in regards to NPC's?

Popping in to Say...

... we killed Void Reaver again. Had a bit of an issue keeping up our DPS on the first attempt, and a few people died. But the second one we killed him with 2.5 minutes before he enraged. Not too shabby. I'll get a whole write up on him (my opinions) in the next couple of days... hopefully.

Into The Eye

Bah, works been kicking my butt a little bit these past few days and I haven't made time to post. But I did want to document that we went into Tempest Keep last night, and took down Void Reaver. On our first attempt, the DPS was a little slow, but 4 of our healers died. We had him to about 50%, and decided to reset it. The next attempt was us kicking the snot out of him. And I got my T5 shoulders.

We also got a number of epic patterns. And even 1 Vortex Nether. It was a really good night for Primo.

(Oh, there was a fake attempt when one of our rezzers got to close to Void Reaver. That didn't count.)

Reading Too Much

I never thought I'd ever say this, but I've come to the conclusion that I read too much. I've got my guild forums (which people's activity there seems to be picking up quite a bit), I have a number of blogs that I read, I have e-mails, I have patch notes, I have strategies on upcoming bosses, and not to mention that I really enjoy keeping up on current events.

The reason I say that I never thought I'd ever say that is because I've never considered myself a reader. I don't read many books (unless you count the many, many audio books I've "read" (which I actually do)). My best friend has always been a huge reader, but it's never rubbed off on me. But I realized today, that I do read a lot.

Then again, I realized that I'm also cutting back. I used to read all the blog postings for the blogs I follow; now I just kinda skim, and if something catches my eye, I check it out. A wonderful idea started in the form of Blog Azeroth (a community forum for wow bloggers), but I've found I haven't logged in there since the second or third day it was launched. (Yeah, I know... I'm probably gonna get flogged and shunned for saying that.)

I haven't "reported" much on the 2.4 patch since it seems like it's constantly changing anyway. I figured/hoped that enough of you that read my blog probably read other things as well. And I haven't made the time to spend much time on the PTR myself. (BTW... it sounds like the sped up travel time from Iron Forge to the Sunwell Plateau. Yeah)

So, there's my own little ramblings for the day. Go ahead and rate me a 1 star for the day. Hmm.. maybe I don't like my individual posts rated. lol.

What do you guys do to manage all the stuff you read? Or am I just a freak?

Courting a New Guild

I've seen a number of posts on how to apply to a new guild. There's some very astute points from many of them. (I'm so sorry... World of Matticus is the only that comes to mind atm, but I know I've read a ton of other ones.) If you're looking to join a new guild, there's good ways and bad ways to present yourself. Please don't do the bad things.

On Monday night, when we killed Magtheridon, I get a random whisper as we're clearing trash. I was still in the process of organizing the clickers (via the old pen and paper deal) and generally telling people what to do. Long story short: even after I told him I was in Magtheridon's Lair leading the raid, he still continues to ask me a few questions. /sigh

There's a lot of information out there about a potential new guild. You can tell where they're at in terms of progression via wowjutsu or your realm forums. You can tell who the GM and officers via WowArmory. And if it's an established guild, you can probably google their name to find their web site as well. But please, please don't expect to have a full on conversation with one of the officers in the middle of the raid. I was nice to the guy, and wouldn't even say no to him if he applied on that premise alone. But come on... seriously.

Raid Farming

After downing Magtheridon two nights in a row with only 2 attempts each, I'd pretty much say Mag is on farm status. Last night's first attempt had an earthquake hit at the same time we were supposed to click the cubes, so part of the Blast Nova got off and did some considerable damage, enough to call a wipe on that one. The second attempt was smooth sailing. The only small panic part was when I died about 5 seconds before the Blast Nova and I was supposed to click one of the cubes. It was the very last Blast Nova (he was at about 1% health), and I had used all my healing pots/bandages/healthstones. At any rate, Mag and Gruul in one night... we're very ready for the next level of bosses which we'll venture in to Loot Void Reaver on Monday night.

A really fun thing happened last night after we finished up in the Gruul/Mag run. We've publicized enough that we're going to need some crafted resist gear for Hydross the Unstable. Some people have really stepped up to farm and contribute mats. (I really love the feel of the comunal society when it works.) We've noticed that Primal Fires are going to be our big obstacle. So, somebody suggested that we go farm Elemental Plataeu. We started a small raid (proabably about 7 of us) to fish Pure Water and dominate up in Elemental Plataeu.

There were a couple people that were up there, but when they saw the small swarm that was Primogeniture, they left pretty quick. I had one of the Warlocks talk to me about it. She had seen our recruitment thread on the official Bronzebeard forums, and asked if guild farming was a required activity. I told her that we all volunteered to do it. And honestly, it was a lot of fun. Free-for-all loot... mass killing... and we even tried to gank some horde rogue that was flagged pvp. He vanished pretty quick. Go figure.

So, I guess everything's better with friends. :)

Post Ratings

Okay, so I saw this gadget over at Two and a half Orcs. You can now rate each of my posts. I figured that if you didn't want to make time to leave a full comment... at least you could do one click to tell me if you liked it or not. If my ratings are complete crap... well.. then... I guess I'll get rid of this Widget, won't I? lol.

So, rate away! Got it on the RSS feed as well.