Weekend (26 Sep) - So It's Monday

Weekend (26 Sep) - So It's Monday

The wedding the Mrs and I went to on Saturday was really nice. The couple is Catholic and Filipino and it was a very traditional wedding with all the trappings. Relatives from both sides of the family filled half of the huge church. We had a good time.

Back in WoW-ville things did not go well for the ICC25 coop run Saturday night. Wild was not in attendance, but learned later that the two regular raid leaders from the BH guild that hosts the raid were not there. The alternate raid leaders - well, they just weren't very prepared, and one of them admitted that he had been pressed into service and didn't really know what to do. The raid was a continuation from Friday, but they added no new bosses to their kills. Wild didn't miss anything.

Philly, who hordes her gold worse than Happy, and who has been quietly accumulating it for a long time, spent a good bit of it over the weekend. As Cata approaches, prices on items that are seen as short-lived are starting to see reductions in price. Two huge bargains popped up over the weekend that Philly was able to snag before someone else grabbed them. Sure, they will soon be replaced once Cata comes, but Philly hopes to get in a few more ICC runs before that happens, and the improved gear makes her feel a whole lot better when asking for invites to raids.

The first item Philly acquired was [Gloves of False Gestures]. The ilevel 264 gloves replaced an i219 pair, so it was a major upgrade. The second piece [Stiffened Corpse Shoulderpads] is an i264 BOE drop in ICC that is almost always on sale in the Auction House. The price is generally around 5000-6000 gold, so when Philly found one for sale for 2400 gold she grabbed it to replace her i245 T9 shoulders. Philly is a happy girl. Happy is Happy, too, since it didn't cost him anything.

All three of the Wild Family level 80s got the weekly frost quest done this weekend, even JB, who usually doesn't show up for those things. However, JB had a few badges that would go to waste if not used, and the weekly raid was a great way to add ten badges, just enough for what Wild had in mind.

The state of JB's specs and gear leaves a lot to be desired. The only spec she's really comfortable with is Enhancement (melee DPS), but I'd taken that away from her and dual specced her for Elemental and Restoration (ranged DPS and healing). I had a passing familiarity with the elemental spec, but really no clue how to heal with a shaman. Her button and bar setup was a mess as well. The weekly frost raid was Noth, though, a numbingly easy battle. Even the poor state of JB's gear (most of it pvp gear) was acceptable for a Naxx run, and she got her invite. I sent her as a DPS and while she didn't wow anyone, she did an acceptable job, Noth died, and JB got her badges. She spent those badges on the dagger [Balanced Heartseeker], one of the last two heirlooms Wild is acquiring.

That leaves only one heirloom left on Wild's list of "I want its." That would be [Charmed Ancient Bone Bow]. Mery, Chaitee, and Rakta are all clamoring for it. Since all of the Wild Family hunters are on Philly's account, getting that bow is going to be up to Philly to acquire. It takes 65 badges to purchase the bow, and Philly has exactly that many. However, 17 of those badges are frost badges, and Philly thinks she might get enough frost badges to buy a gear upgrade or two for herself. Whether that is worth doing this close to Cata is a good question. Wild says that Philly should just go farm triumph badges using the random dungeon finder. "You should practice your healing, girl!" Wild told her. Philly doesn't like being told what to do, so ... we'll see how that all turns out.

As an aside in regard to heirloom gear, it seems that death knights and paladins get the short end of the stick when if comes to weapons. Weapons, stick - hey, that's supposed to be funny! The two classes can't use daggers, staffs, or bows, so there are no heirloom weapons with +hit on it that they can use. Java may be forced to use the leather +hit heirloom gear. Paladins and death knights wear plate, and leather feels, well, substandard to them.

That's all I got for today. Hope our pvp team gets to rock out Monday night!