the wow-related things you can do while at work

Read forums! Today I'm checking the Tanking for dummies thread:
http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=10711122815&sid=1.
 A bit basic in places but useful advice none the less.

And a nice little guide to pre-raid gear:
http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=7120153174&sid=1

Dinged 76 last night, so a bit left before heroics, but useful to know anyway!

I ran out of Wyrmrest quests last night and had to go to Wintergarde Keep, I wonder if i missed something or if the wrathgate quests pick up again after wintergarde? Have to check wowhead when I get home.

Levelling by tanking

Besides doing the horseman, I tanked VH twice, and Utgarde Keep once yesterday. Levelled almost half a level on it, but ofc 80k xp for the 2 UK quests helped.
First time in VH (guild run) I remembered about using the right spells, but I had positioned them oddly on my keyboard, so after switching them around a bit for the UK run I was much more comfortable.
The second VH was mostly pug and the hunter and his pet was taking a lot of aggro and doing so much damage that it was hard to get it back. But all lived and the knowitall guildie didnt even comment on my tanking. So I guess I was doing ok. The other runs, fulll guild runs, we had my guild main tanks in the group on their shammy and rogue alts and they thought i was doing good. :-)

Niiiiicee...

Horseman epics at 75!

Really nice that you can get to do the Horseman daily in SM as early as lvl 75. I didnt tank, we had a new 80 dk in the guild that wanted to come so he tanked and I dps'd, just have to remember not to taunt when I'm retri in a group!

I got the Magic broom, The Horseman's seal, Wicked Witch's Band and the Ring of Ghoulish Glee all in one day. Going to try for the The Horsemans Baleful Blade and the Horsemans Horrific Helm in coming days. Loads of free epics even before I'm 80!

i wish i was 2 ppl

My main Chaya was recently made guild master so suddenly there is not as much time to play Maïa. We got some raids scheduled, and Hallow's End is in full bloom, so Maïa tend to stand at a mailbox next to AH and vendor gems.
But I really want her to ding 80 before Hallows end finishes so I at least have a chance of getting the horseman on her...

here's one for the books

Second time I tank, and I'm in Karazhan. And tank Malchezzar. And it works out just great.

A chaotic thrill

So, I did it!
I made my tanking premiere last night in Nexus, with a party of 3 guildies on alts, (me, a 72 mage, a 75 shammie and a 72 rogue) and a noob dk that kept asking where the next boss was.
Shammie was on his first healing job, too, so we were prepared for a tough run.

It started out chaotic enough with getting an extra trash add and lost aggro immediately. Got it back, and we lived. Phew.

Got through the pats, and the frozen trolls, and stood before the first boss, that bitchy mage that splits in 3 and tosses you around in the air. Rogue died early on, I prob lost aggro to his high damage, but the rest of us lived fine even if it was frantic at times.

After we wiped on some of the trees before iceboss, the dk left (probably his bedtime), and our own mage had to go, we got 2 other mages in, a lvl 73 and some help from our 80 mage.

Except for the wipe on the trees I lived through all boss fights, so the fresh healer was doing his job well.

There is probably som addon that can help with aggro management, but i just circled between targets to see that I had all the mobs attention, and taunted the ones thad focused on other i the party. As soon as I get that in it as routine it will probably work better.

We got each boss down on first try so, all in all, it worked out pretty good after all, I think.

Tonight I'll be in Ulduar with my priest, so there will probably not be any new tanking adventures until the weekend.

Nothing boring about Borean...?

I've been running around questing in Borean for 2 days now, and there don't seem to be any people about at all. I remember when I first hit Northrend, Borean and Howling fjord was teeming with players, to the limit of not being able to find quest mobs at all. Ok, so that was when wotlk just came out and *everyone* and their dog was starting Northrend.

These days, Dalaran is packed with 80s, but where is the regrowth? OK, on a Saturday morning there are hundreds of people in Elwynn, but they never seem to get beyond Westfall.

Finding a tanking spec

I have several tank friends, in my guild and others so I will have a lot of help from them if I need it.

I have found a tanking spec in the pala threads in the wow-europe forums that I specced yesterday (after having spent the 1000g for dual spec). I was very pleased that my hp went up to nearly 12k, with sanctuary, but appalled at the way my mana disappeared in no time.
The ret specc is still the way for questing it seems.

Plan to go to Utgarde Keep or Nexus tomorrow, with a friend who is tank on his main but will start his healing adventures with me on his shammy. Hopefully we can get more guildies in on the run.

Bye bye Outlands

I teamed up with a dwarf rogue to finish off the mastery quests in Nagrand, got all 4 beasts down on first try, but had to pop bubble and lay on hands once or twice. Had a bit of trouble keeping aggro from the high dps-ing rogue but taunt (hand of reckoning) worked fine. Then I had one and a half bar left to 68 so i went to the caravan in terokkar, got som orcs and mites down and dinged, to the chorus of my guild gratulating me. :-)

I dropped all outland quests, portaled to Sw, passed the cathedral to pick up new ranks of talents and got on the boat to Borean Tundra!

Maïas adventures in Northrend

At the moment, Maïa is still in Nagrand.  But tonight, or at the latest tomorrow, she will ding 68 and abandon all old quests and jump on the boat to Northrend.