happy new years!

whoa! looks like ive not made a post in a while...my apologies, but I don't know if anyone reads these so I will entertain myself.

Recent news: I dropped the PVP healing spec to go back to shadow for flexibility in the new dungeon finder system. Of course all I get are healing assignments, no worries there. Still rockin the disc healing spec, may never go back to holy I loves PW: Shield and Penance too much.

with the new shadow spec Ive been spending triumph on dps gear and have a solid set going now...too much hit i must say, but that's the norm. Haven't been raiding all that much with the holidays but the guild has entered the new ICC-10 and we dethroned Lord Marrowgar and attempted Lady Deathwhisper. cant say i enjoyed the Bone Spike Graveyard .

I did do some of the Winterveil stuff only to hit a brick wall with the cooking part. I will never again try to become a Bloodsail Buc, it messed my cooking lvl'n up too much. For those that know what I mean, you understand.

new helm and others...

So, I finally went after the tier Priest helm to match my robe. It looked basically the same as the one before so there isnt much difference in that. I also got a new and fitting holy wand (pretty happy with that one, I get to pew pew with holy power now.

Some recent achievments I've earned.

1. The Antechamber of Ulduar (10-man), 14 Sept 2009, with my guild Link here to website news posting.
2. Koralon the flame watcher (10-VOA), 12 Sept 2009, with a pug group.
3. Got my mind on my money, 11 Sept 2009.
4. Vehicular Gnomeslaughter, 10 Sept 2009.

"/golfclap"

I have renamed the blog to "slashgolfclap" since I am no longer melting shins on Mak. Its a tribute to pvp, especially Blood Elf Pally's and Rogues.

back to pvp discipline - welcome Perdishun to ally

yep yep, once again I have switched my secondary spec to pvp discipline. How many times now? Twice? Three times? I dont know. But I do know that Mak isnt going to be shadow anymore...with that said I introduce my shadow priest Perdishun. He was transferred from the horde side last night. Btw, he is a human...my first 'official' human toon. I nearly made him a night elf...but the faction rep bonus and every man for himself ability was worth it...plus I dont really like the Male NE animations.

This way I will have the full spectrum of the priest prowess. Some thing its insane to have 2 of the same class but I just like the Priest that much.

facion change available

ok, so maybe making a gnome priest isnt a great idea...i like the dwarves too much to betray Mak with that. Besides, that isnt an option at this time.

Still kicking around the idea of bringing Perdishun (from the horde over to ally) since the option is now available for a mere $30. Of course I'd make him a pure shadow since Mak is my healy-bot. Yeah I love the priest class that much!!!

Iron council down / Mak a future Gnome??

I did get my new robe (as I mentioned I was on track to obtain it in the previous post). I also, obtained the emblem pants; Legwraps of the Master Conjurer.

I have to work pretty much all this week so I was only able to sign up for one raid for last night and it was for night 2 of the Ulduar 10. We only tried one boss(es)...that being the Iron Council. Basically, its three bosses in one encounter, and after many an attempt we were able to down them. No loot to speak of, Tony got a casting dagger that was a down-grade for me and Bert got some boots.

I am still building triumph emblems to attain the helm I desire: Helm of Clouded Sight (75 emblems is a lot though). My other possibility are the shoulders: Pauldrens of Reverend Morality (45 emblems). Then again, there are still some pretty cheap rings!

New 3rd expansion mentioned recently, Cataclysm. To be open in a year prolly. Among the changes...2 new races and class/combos. Considering making Makarios into a gnome...but that may be a stretch or a SHRINK?!?!

new 3.2 patch

well, we are well into a week of the new patch now and it appears that Emblems of Conquest are the new 'must haves'. Translation, every heroic in Northrend is chock-full of people farming them. I upgraded my neck piece this past week with 19 of them to obtain Evoker's Charm. It was a clear upgrade in that area. The next item, as I mentioned in the last post, is to upgrade my tattered ol' chestpiece. I am 10 emblems away from the needed 58! Looking at getting Conqueror's Robe of Sanctification.

In other news, we had the 1st ever meeting of guildies in the D.C. area. Had a great turnout...eventhough not all were there, it was a blessing to see the ones (and their families) that were there. Good times.

And, not sure if I mentioned it or not. I have dropped Disc again to have shadow as my off dps spec. I can still use the gear for pvp and be in healing im sure (or shadow). Plus, I have more versitility with playing this guy more either for dps or healing. There once was a thought to bring my horde priest over to alliance to be my dps priest and run with 2 priests...not a wise idea I have led myself to discover. I am working all this week in the evenings so no big raiding for me...