Dounonurnese: Wrathgate

Dounonurnese: Arrival

Nanisivik: Happy Labor Day

Dounonurnese: Dude, where's my sword?

Don't get me wrong. I'm proud to be a Knight of the Ebon Blade. I am forever indebted to the Argent Dawn and the Light it serves for breaking the shackles of my servitude. I have no reason at all to complain about my treatment after Light's Hope Chapel and the Reclaiming of the Archerus. However, if I could have one oversight corrected . . . the only weapons made available to outfit ourselves were two handers.

Probably just the system, you know. Continuing the Lich King's own poor policy out of habit. I mean, we're all trained to dual wield. Those of us trained as Frost Knights can even choose early in our training to specialize in the style. Yet the only weapons provided under the Lich King were also two handers.

Really, it wouldn't bother me except that aren't many opportunities to obtain a good set of weapons. At Honor Hold I was rewarded for my first real task with a decent sword. But that's only one. I'd like a second before I head off to the battlegrounds. You know, just so I'm at my peak, right? The best option for that seems to be hanging out at the auction hall, hoping to find something affordable.

Avenyx: Professions

I've got some practice tanking in Northrend now. I've been to Utgarde Keep, Nexus, Azjol Nerub and the Old Kingdom. That gear I picked up in Outland just isn't quite as good as I'd like anymore. I've replaced most of it. Spent a lot of time smithing to learn to make a few of the replacement pieces myself. Best of all, I've learned to fashion sockets on my bracers and gloves and also how to cut some nice tanking gems to put in them.

My trinkets are getting pretty old, though. I'm working on jewelcrafting next to make a nice replacement for one.

Tyrk: Disappointment

The Blood Council drops a very nice polearm. So I was kinda stoked to take Oom's place raiding Icecrown this week for that fight.

Then we ran into a snag. You see, Oom is usually on disco ball duty. Kinda' makes sense for someone with multiple good DoTs. Every tick knocks the orb back up. So it's usually him, plus Sholandria and Finola helping out when she can conveniently get off shots on nearby orbs. Shol wasn't there this week. And with me taking Oom's place, that meant only Fin with any experience. Another hunter, Darkroney, was the only other ranged dps in the group and it was his first time in the fight.

So it didn't go well. Not to point fingers or place blame or anything. I mean, it was tough on Oom his first times through. It's counterintutive for dps to enter the fight and not try to kill the boss right? But that's what you do. For whoever is on disco ball duty, hitting the Blood Princes is secondary to watching for orbs, getting in range and keeping them off the ground. That takes some practice.

We wiped three times before deciding to let the main raiders back in. Then we beat it no problem.

And my polearm dropped.

Or Darkroney's polearm now, I suppose.

Tyrk: Wish You Were Here

A lot of folks seem to envy how tanks get into groups so quickly in LFD. Me? I kinda' like the dps pace. I mean, sure, once the run starts, the action is pretty intense. At least, if you do your job right, it is. But between runs, sitting in the queue, there's time to relax, smell the flowers. Or pick them for Oom's alchemy. Get on his case to make me some flasks.

He's pretty well stocked for a bit though, so I've been travelling Kalimdor. Azshara is really beautiful. Visiting the ruins is like spiritual experience, you know? Like a tangible connection to my history.