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I'm a dedicated WoW player who play several alts, but I focus mainly on my Warlock. Since I have a lot of characters, on this site it's easiest that I'm simply known as Saga.
I'm a raider, guild officer and altoholic who loves chasing after new mounts and pets.
This site is where I ramble about my adventures and thoughts as I continue playing WoW.
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Category Archives: Funniez
A Guide to Warlock Raiding (4.0.1)
With the expansion coming to an end soon I don’t really expect that anyone needs a guide on how to raid as a warlock. However, I’m feeling particularly silly today and therefore will write this guide. I wouldn’t expect anyone to take it seriously though, as it’s definitely not meant to be taken that way.
So here goes, my guide to warlock raiding.
As a warlock, there are several things that you have to think about during raids – as well as important utilities that you can use during bossfights to make the fight easier for yourself (and possibly your fellow raiders, but that’s a minor detail).
Soul Shatter. In the latest patch soul shatter was buffed from a 3 minute cooldown to remove 50% threat to a 2 minute cooldown with a 90% threat drop. This means that we can ride really high on threat, and then soul shatter and start right over again.
Personally I like to compete with a mage and then soul shatter just as the boss turns to me so that he will immediately turn to the mage that was just below me on threat and one-shot them. It brings me joy.
Doomguard & Infernal. Another change in the patch is that our Doomguard and Infernal are considered guardians and share a 10 minute cooldown to summon. They no longer require a reagent either, which is even better. Infernals are better for AE fights and Doomguard is better for single target.
Another good change is that your regular demon won’t run off in spite when you summon your big, new pet – but he’ll stick around with a jealous look on his face. The look on your imp’s face will only be rivaled by that of the mage in the raid, whose ugly water elemental can’t live up to the glory of your doomguard or infernal.
Searing Pain. Now, this is the spell that make our threat shine brighter than the tanks. Like, totally. If we’d just be allowed to wear plate I swear we could tank every boss better than every other tank. Really. I mean it.
Demons. Yes, I know – they’re awesome. Our minions of death and destruction. However, while you may favour one depending on what you favour in your spec there are times when you may want to consider bringing another one out. If not for the benefit of the raid, then to show how shiny and awesome we are with our utility.
Need some CC? Bring succubus and have her seduce them! Need an extra silence? Felhunter is your friend. You need to tank something? Bring out the voildwalker and put up soul link (oh and don’t forget that awesome searing pain spam for your awesome threat!). Not to mention that my personal go-to demon of choice – the imp (his name is Laznik btw) – now is able to dispel magic as well as increase my health. Go demons!
Soul Portal. Putting down a portal in a strategic place as the fight is about to begin is always a good idea. There are a lot of fights out there where it can save you from a swift death, or quickly getting out of the nasty. Or to get quickly back after getting out of the nasty once it’s safe. A good example of this being a life saver is the Lich King fight where you can port back to safety after the Valkyr drops you off the edge.
My personal favourite however is putting my portal next to a mage and then porting to him so that whatever nasty is chasing me will get them as well. This is especially fun if the mage is a gnome.
I hope that these points will give you some ideas of your own on how to use your warlock abilities in the best way possible. If it brings pain to a mage – it’s always a plus in my book!
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Someone *really* wants a Kodo
It’s always fun to see the GMs being funny in their replies to queries in game.
Kodo Transfer?
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Monday Movie
Mondays are always bad days, I’m like Garfield – I hate Mondays. You’ve just finished the weekend and you really don’t want to be back at work/school just yet – and you know this is just the first day of your week.
To cheer myself (and hopefully some others) up here’s another pick of my favourite YouTube WoW Movies. The song and video makes me feel like Disney just bought the rights to WoW – but since I was a big Disney fan when I was a kid… teenager.. okay I might still watch one once in a while, I really enjoy it.
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Monday Movie
While having nothing else to do this weekend I was browsing YouTube and found some really good WoW videos. One of my favourites was this one by Cranius and Legs. I’ve seen Cranius before – he’s also the man who brought us the awesome Big Blue Dress song and video. It made me want to roll a mage back in the day!
This one is called Wrought, and even if you don’t enjoy the song itself – you should watch the movie because the story is really good.
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The Reason I Hate Gnomes
For those who have read my blog some time you may have picked up on my hatred for gnomes. I think they are tiny and evil and should be erased from the world of Azeroth. (Yes, okay so I have a gnome mage alt – but that’s beside the point!)
The reason for this stems back to my days as a Horde. I was new and innocent and convinced (by my brother) that a PvP server was the only place to play. Having spent some time leveling in The Barrens I was now level 16/18 and I received a quest to visit the Lumber Camp in Ashenvale. Okay, I thought, it’s a bit of a walk but I can do that.
I went on my way, traveling through Barrens until I reached the edges where the Horde were guarding a gate. There were guards. Why were there guards? I looked at them a little uncomfortably as I stepped through and took my first few steps into Ashenvale.
Oh, this place looks really nice, I thought, enjoying the green forests in comparison to the Barrens… well barren look. I hadn’t taken more then ten steps in though when I see a Gnome coming riding on the road on his mechanical chicken. The moment he comes up to me he dismounts and one-shots me. Then jumps back up onto his chicken and continues on his merry way.
I’m lying on the road in a pile of bones (being Undead and all) wondering what the hell happened. Then of course I realise the whole neutral/contested territory thing and PvP flags and whatnot. And beat myself up for not having run through the bushes in an attempt to hide.
I think the next five times or so I was killed it was also by a Gnome. But that first time is engraved in my memory for eternity. I think it’s just the way he casually dismounted and one-shotted me only to continue on his travels as if nothing happened. As if he hadn’t just beaten me to a pulp and left me to rot on the road.
Now, PvP isn’t something I do a lot – and when I do it it’s in Battlegrounds or possibly Arena. World PvP has never interested me much, mainly because it always seems entirely unfair. I’ve never been jumped when I’ve stood a chance. They’re either 10+ levels above me, or I’m fighting 5 mobs or I just finished fighting 5 mobs and sat down to drink. Maybe I’m someone who is too nice, but it doesn’t strike me as much of an achievement to kill someone under those odds.
This has of course come back to bite me in the ass many a times. For example, I was recently in Wintergrasp while the battle wasn’t on to do one of the farming quests. A boomkin from the opposite faction was there too and I decided not to touch him since he was so obviously lesser geared. About 5 minutes later he’s fetched a DK friend and they’re both killing me. Thanks dude. Thanks for repaying the favour. (I found him again after that and killed him of course. Vengeance must be had!)
But I digress. This is about my hatred for Gnomes. As you can tell before my digression it all stems back to that first killing. After that it’s just stayed with me that Gnomes are Evil and Gnomes should Die. It doesn’t matter that I’m Alliance now, Gnomes are still EVIL.
Ode to Gnomes
A conversation I had with my gnome-loving GM (as alliance):
Me: I think we should sell the gnomes as a utility tool to the horde. I’m sure we could make a good profit.
GM: That sounds good, I’m in on that.
Me: Then we can wage war on all of them and kill all the gnomes AND the horde!
GM: No, I think we should sell them the gnomes, then the gnomes can work from the inside and help us destroy the horde.
Me: And when that’s done, we ban the gnomes and they can create their own faction? We wage war on them and kill them all?
GM: …no…
Me: *pouts* *whines* But when do I get to kill the gnomes?
GM: You don’t.
I’ve never forgiven him for that. I want to kill gnomes.
Do you have any specific memories of an in-game event that may seem trivial to others but that you can remember clear as day?
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Raid Chat
Yes, it’s another little screenshot of raid chat. We’ve recently (since about 1 week back) started doing joint raids with another guild that has problems getting members and last night they brought some new people. I was raid leading (something I do fine – but I generally prefer not to – maybe I imagine things but some people act a bit weirdly when you lead a raid so I prefer to know people before I start directing them about) and of course the moment I speak on vent this pops up in raid chat.
A girl?
The moment the ” a girl?” appeared I do what I sometimes do and say somewhat jokingly that no.. I’m just a very very very young boy. The warlock I’ve raided with before but the paladin and DK were both new to the group.
It somehow amused me how the DK went from the surprised “a girl?” to “oh it’s not that rare to me” 
The final comment from the paladin I couldn’t quite figure out if he was jokingly sarcastic (like the whole girls don’t play wow) or if he meant it. I decided not to ask and get on with the raid.
Anyone else get instant reaction when you reveal yourself to be a girl? Even more so if you’re in a leading position? Or if you’re a guy – do you react do you think if your raid leader turns out to be a girl or do you take it in stride as if it was just any other player?
Posted in Funniez, Random Ramblings
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Screenshots & Lyrics
Kinda like Music & Lyrics, but without Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore. I’m feeling bored, and @anea suggested this on Twitter and I thought it was a fun idea. Basically, put up a screenshot on your blog and attach lyrics from a song that go with it. As I was looking through my screenshot folder I couldn’t actually choose just one, and I ended up with a bit more /blush.
Out of This World
Yep, Out of this World … In fact, the trees you can kinda see above.. that’s supposed to be Dustwallow Marsh. Yet somehow on my way to Onyxia I ended up under Dustwallow rather than in Dustwallow.
When we die
We go into the arms of those who remember us
We are home now
Out of our heads
Out of our minds
Out of this world
Out of this time
(Out of this World – Bush)
Don’t know the song? Check it on YouTube!
The Twist
Come on baby let’s do the twist
Come on baby let’s do the twist
Take me by my little hand and go like this
Ee-oh twist baby baby twist
Oooh-yeah just like this
Come on little miss and do the twist
(The Twist – Chubby Checker)
Don’t know the song (oh c’mon you must know this song!) check it on YouTube!
This is Halloween
My guild back in TBC decided that doing Karazhan at Halloween meant doing it Halloween style!
This is Halloween, this is Halloween
Pumpkins scream in the dead of night
This is Halloween, everybody make a scene
Trick or treat till the neighbors gonna die of fright
It’s our town, everybody scream
In this town of Halloween
(This is Halloween – Marilyn Manson or Nightmare before Christmas Original Soundtrack)
Don’t know the song? Check the original on YouTube or the Marilyn Manson awesome version on Youtube!
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Compliment
I thought this was pretty sweet.. at least I think that’s what it was *lol*
What do you think?
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