Jeroabem/Sabrianica

In order of preference:

Chaos Chosen

Goblin Squig Herder

Black Orc

Orc Choppa

Crikrunner, latz led many clomps in da bugz home. Latz da clompmaster but da job is nub dun. When is latz makin a warparty to go bak an remind dem bugs an old gods who da boss really is?

Bradius & Sabrianica

I know it's last minute, but if people wanna show up for the AQ20 run at the normal time, I'll step up and lead it again. Crik, if you could get a signup up, I'd be much appreciative.

Thanks!

Bradius

CLICK ME FOR THE APOLOGY

The Apology (the link and below) covers the details. The people involved were:

Xenok - 60 Rogue

Torturedmind - 60 Shaman

Warlandria - 55 Rogue

Further, during the day in question, I had asked them what was going on down in Dustwallow Marsh and they lied to me, saying nothing was happening. I know we all have our differences, but griefing isnt tolerated by any of us. I am posting this here so you will know that they are griefers in-case they try to come to the Skullcrushers for a guild home.

Hi. My "in-game" name is Bradius, I am the Guild Manager of a new (and recruiting) guild called "Edge of Insanity".

Sunday evening after work, when I had just logged in for some fun in Ahn'Qiraj, my Exec Officer tells me in tells and then on Ventrilo that two of my (now former) guild members had been reported by Horde Alts of Alliance members to another member of my guild as having griefed an encounter on the island off the coast of Dustwallow. (I think it has to do with a quest from Blackwing Lair, but I don't know for sure.) Since this was all hearsay, alarming, but hearsay none-the-less, I decided to wait until the Alliance alts contacted me (they were given my name as Guild Manager) or until I had a chance to talk to the people allegedly (at that time) involved.

Tonight when I logged in, I was contacted by the rogue involved and he basically admitted to the allegation. Here is a screen shot of the very brief conversation I had with the Rogue, Xenok regarding this issue.

(Thanks to Imageshack for hosting the image!)

I blotted out the name of the person in my guild who had nothing to do with the even. The person referred to as "T" is Torturedmind (60 Shaman). I have no idea who Alliance side was involved, that's why this is an open apology to a specific Alliance raid that was doing an open area raid on the elite island off the coast of Dustwallow Marsh.

As Guild Manager of Edge of Insanity, I publicly apologize for the griefing conducted by Xenok (60 Rogue) and Torturedmind (60 Shaman) against an Alliance Raid who were attempting to complete a raid quest that is difficult enough to do without outside interference. I regret any inconvenience that they may have caused you and your party because of thier unfortunate and inconsiderate behavior.

While I do enjoy a good bit of world "rough and tumble" or "red is dead", I do not condone this type of behavior and do not tolerate it among my peers, let alone my own guild membership. Based on the statements made by Xenok, I have removed them from my guild and will be alerting as many Horde-side guilds as possible about their behavior.

Respectfully,

Bradius "Dragonbait" Stormhand

Guild Manager, Edge of Insanity

It's just a new chapter. Where one paragraph has ended, another begins. Such is the warp and weave of relationships. The Skullcrusher loss is the ACMC gain.

Jeroabem - Attuned & Cloaked

Sabrianica - Attuned & Cloaked

Bradius - Attuned & not yet Cloaked

A little birdy told me that 1.13 will have a GLOBAL RESPEC because they are going to give us our full talent trees and new level 60 spells/abilities to train in. While this has me excited (Tank with Devastate.../drool) the other two classes I have at 60 will probably keep what they have until the Expansion Pack is released and I start levelling them.

I don't like being tossed bones...I'd rather have the steak. And mashed potatoes. Mmmm....Steak and Mashed Potatoes...

Y'all make me giggle. Did NONE of you play EQ? Blizzard is amazingly good compared to Verant. I kid you not, we never knew when patches were happening or servers were going to be taken down. And forget expansions--completely unplayable for months, not weeks or days.

Nope, WoW broke my MMO cherry. I played other games that had a Single Player and then Multiplayer modes to them, but WoW was my first.

I can't imagine what they are getting though. I remember getting 100-200 emails and PMs a day when a newer version of a mod was due out...and I wasnt even the head of the mod team. >.<

Oh well...more time to play and have fun!

I'd be very, very interested to hear how it does over the course of the Molten Core Raid Wednesday night for you where you will have multiple duties to do (Decurse, DPS, Detect) as well as the Friday Night run.

From your description, this UI mod sounds like it would be a perfect fit for me with my multiple personalities (Warrior, Rogue, Shaman, Hunter, Mage, Priest) that I am currently running around in. Thank you for your comprehensive answers to my questions, I appreciate the attention you have given them. I would definitely be interested in testing out this UI Mod when it is released to the public.

Dangit....now that's three things I am looking forward to. Burning Crusade is the first, this would be the second...not telling what the third is.

I completely understand where you are coming from with your post Relikk, and in a different industry I deal with the exact same flow matrix. There are things that are beyond my control and sometimes I have to push back a delivery time. I also know this a reality, so I don't tell my potential or paying customers that the delivery of what they want is on Date #1 and then push it back to Date #2 and then Date #3. Maybe I am oversimplifying it by comparing two unrealistic situations.

The end-result, though, is that there will be patches and updates both immediately following the release and in the months that follow similar to what we have seen now. Balance in a controlled environment with semi-trusted testers is one thing, but releasing the product to a population that has a large portion of people who look for exploits is another. In my opinion, no amount of testing will find everything, and everything they find, someone will find another way of getting around.

I, as a consumer, would have preferred that they had decided to ship the product and say "Ok, we know this list exists. We will fix this with the release, but items B, C, D will be on a patch on this week, E, F, G will be on this patch, and H, I, J will come in January - just like they "fixed" the class balances as they went. When I worked on two different major mods for the Digital Anvil/Microsoft Game "Freelancer" (Space Sim), I faced deadlines, betas, fixes and patches just like what you had discussed. I worked my 40-60 hour a week job, put in another 15-20 hours of coding, modelling and skinning for the mods and still managed to make time to have some fun. I actually had to write a mod to mod with, which was a headache in itself. So, in some frame of mind, I feel like I can empathize with the dev crew for this.

However, with that empathy comes a desire to have it out in a more timely fashion. My displeasure comes not so much from the fact that the release is in January, but in the fact that it was originially scheduled for Late June, then mid August, then "sometime in October", then firmly November 28th (or was it the 30th?) and now late January (the 23rd, allegedly, which makes sense as a Tuesday). In my opinion, it would have been much better had they not even implied a date, but said that it was coming, and we are in Stage X of development and testing. It's the rollbacks that have me flustered.

And when I get home tonight, I'll still be logging in, I'll still be playing the game, just like I do every night.

Man I love that UI, but I have to ask at what cost.

I've been playing the game with less and less UI Mod help as blizzard progressed. My first package was the entire CT-MOD package with the bars and everything. Now I am down to CTRA, CT-Bags, CT-Boss Mod, and I use the Titan Panel to track a bunch of informational stuff (money, honor, ammo, bag space). I have KTM Threat Meter and a Damage Meter (to make sure I am doing my job as well as I can - minimize overhealing on Jero, maximize damage on Sabrianica, take a pounding on Bradius).

I would love to see a complete UI package like what is displayed here, but I am concerned about three issues:

1.) How much of this will be made obsolete in the expansion pack with the planning that Blizzard has that effects macros and UIs to auto-anything (heal, dispel, select, target) anyone in your party/raid?

2.) You mentioned the pet classes as the two you were not too fond of (Warlock/Hunter). Can you elaborate why you were not too fond of them, please?

3.) The biggest frustration I have with the Blizzard UI is the whole key bindings thing. Currently all my bindings are set for playing Jeroabem. Heals, totems, purges, even healthstones and potions are locked in place. This irritates me because I would LOVE to be able to have keybindings for each class I play and eliminate the mouse completely.

What attracts me to this UI that you are espousing is what you said about the UI working with each character class and customizing the UI with the most powerful spells for each class. Couple questions regarding this:

a.) Will it remember the layout I had when I last logged in a character, or will I have to reset the personal changes per class each time I swap (Rogue -> Warrior -> Shaman -> Mage...etc)?

b.) What about the classes with multiple stances (Rogues, Warriors, Druids, Shadow Spec Priests)? Will it have any problems with switching stances between forms?

Basically, if it can make the whole keybinding aggravation go away, if it will still be functional in the expansion pack, and if it simplifies the layout from the oversimplified version I have with the Blizzard UI set, I would be madly in love with this. It seems to have it all on the surface.

Deleted this post because a more complete and accurately formulated response came out when I was responding to Relikk's response. Thank you, Relikk, for making me think things through a little more! =) I always appreciate that about you and I value that in our relationship.

The hum and bustle around camp is apparent, Razorgore had been sighted inside of Blackwing Lair and the chief had linked him to the head of the Black Dragonflight. He would have to die in order to reach Nefarian, and so the planning and training continued late into the night.

You were just about to head to sleep when you noticed a white rabbit wearing a pink tabard holding up a sign just outside the camp. Bending down, you read the notice:

Hi Crushers!!

Just wanted to drop you all an invite to the RP event/party I am putting together. I hope to see you guys out there! I am looking for a few people to take care of keeping campfires lit around the cemetary as well as some to hand out, drinks, food & candy. If you would like to help out please send me a PM on the NL fourms (niveuslepus.org). Like I said this is a planned RP event and do not intend it to turn into a world pvp slaughter fest, so try not to come flagged, but if alliance shows up flagged... well... you know what to do!

Looking forward to seeing you all out there!

FOR THE HORDE!!!

-Amayeta

Please feel free to pass this invite to any friends you may have that are in different guilds as well.

(( OOC: I saw this elsewhere and checked with Amayeta before posting here to make sure it was an open invite event. Per her reply, the more people that show up, the merrier. Imagine a few hundred people gathered in the Brill Graveyard for a little RP partying! Hope to see you there! ))

Congrats you guys!

Jebus. Why all the farming quotas?

p.s. Remember Sab, when a game becomes a job, it's not a game anymore

A lot of our healers are new to the concept of pre-emptive healing, and when dealing with double destroyers or dual firelords, they are starting to heal at around 50% - and we all know how hard a Destroyer can crit for or how fast a soul burn can kill someone. The healers we have are awesome, don't get me wrong, but they need to adapt from the Tier 0 dungeon healing style into something a little more disciplined. So, long story short, I am trying to farm up mats for the Lung Juice for the additional health, I'm cooking up a storm with my Hunter for the Stam/Spirit buff that will stack and farm up materials for completed Librams of Tenacity for the tank crew to help mitigate some of that stuff.

I can ask the guys to do it on their own, and it might get done, or I can do it myself and know that it got done. Responsibility...it's a dual-edged Zult sometimes.

Yeah, it's not quite a job yet. I'm only behind because I went out on a two-day first date and I didn't ask someone else to cover me. The way it turned out, I wish I had stayed and farmed. And I hate farming. A lot.

By the way - does anyone have the +9 Stamina to boots enchant? I need to get that one and I keep forgetting.

I may not be able to make the raid tonight, I have a buttload of farming I need to get done and I am so far behind on it. I feel sort of like a CGF with quotas and all. Trying to farm up mats enough for 12 Lung Juice and 12 ROIDS, trying to farm up 50 more Red and Green Power Crystals, trying to farm up another 5 Librams of Tenacity...

If anyone sees Crikrunner in game, would you ask him to check his inbox here, please?

Thanks!

YAYAYAY!!

I noticed on the Raid signups that BWL is going to be packaged with the Friday Core run. So if you cant get in the friday MC your SoL? Is that a correct statement or not?

That is correct. Opening a new day or moving the time puts a strain on raid attendance that I don't want or need. Fridays are generally well attended and agreed upon as a decent time slot (that's already been allocated for many), so I'd like to keep it. Eventually, I'd like to crunch MC down to just Wednesday and save Friday exclusively for BWL, but we're just not there yet (working on it!).

I know it sucks for those that can't make it on Fridays or stay past Ragnaros, but I'm stuck in the unfortunate position of knowing that I cannot please absolutely everyone with scheduling. In time, we'll be able to shuffle some nights around, I'm sure, or open up a second run, but it's just the best choice that I could come up with for now.

I think that Chrysalia wants to know if he can join you in BWL if he is not part of the Friday night raid in MC for whatever reason (start time of MC, different MC Instance Raid ID, just wants to do BWL...). May not change your answer, but the question and answer look like they could belong to two different questions.

Good luck tonight!

Awesome find Crikrunner - Dabu!

We have got to quit doing this...

Im so excited already, Im going to have a hard time working the day the expansion comes out.

That following weekend is going to be one of those where I do nothing but game... *sighs*

I already have Nov 30th - Dec 3rd off...lol.

True, I love riding anything with two wheels.

The person below me spends entirely too much time planning to do the same thing they do every night; try to take over the world.

WARNING!!!

Last night at about 0000 PST (Midnight) either the Fragism.com or Edge of Insanity website (hosted by Fragism.com) was hacked. When I discovered this, I also discovered the website was trying to upload a malicious program to further it's attack through both my Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers. I have attempted to remove all reference to the website from my profile or any posts I could find here. I am posting this from my work PC which has had no contact with the website since before the site was hacked.

If you have visited our forums or website in the past 24 hours, please take all necessary measures to protect your computer by running a comprehensive virus scan. Please do not visit our website or forums until I have verified with Fragism.com that all is restored to normal.

If you have any questions, please feel free to PM me here or email me at the address provided in my profile.

Thank you for your understanding.

Fantastic run yesterday. Had a blast. Hope you feeling better Sab.

Crik you were missed, I had the water walking duties and killed Eva. Needless to say I was getting yelled at all night.

=(

/soothe revile

/comfort revile

It wasn't your fault Revile. You did what you needed to do. There, there, everything will be alright.

it wasnt so much the water walking that killed me, but the immense tick like creature that tried to rip me in two like some kind of unnamed henchmen in starship troopers.

I have a solution for that, Evangelina. It's pretty basic, and pretty easy to implement. You won't have to respec holy or move spells off of your hotbar or implement any new macros. Here it is. Next time:

RUN FASTER!

All in all it was really, really nice to have the run function as it should. People showewd up, showed off a little at first (Duelling outside the instance), got inside and got focused. While we did have a couple new people and a couple people who were not regulars, the night went incredibly smoothly. Warriors rotated as necessary on Kurrinaxx. I even saw a Bear charge in when we had a slight hiccup (Way to take the initiative!). The General fight was the smoothest I have seen us do yet - the Lieutenant General never dipped below 70% before Rajaxx arrived, and then only suffered health loss at the stomps. Buru was flawless (imo) with the exception of a slow running shadow priest in holy priest garb who will remain nameless, and even then, it was awesome.

I apologize if I was overly curt with anyone, I was feeling completely under the weather last night. If we keep the pace from last night with the balance of Warlocks and Priests we had, Moam will soon be added to the raid's list of trophies. You all deserve a pat on the back and you ALL did Crikrunner proud last night. I'm not sure about you, but I am looking forward to his return next week!

OMG! I am SOOOOOO going to have to try this.

/mock Telemarketer

/pity Telemarketer

/doom Telemarketer

/bye Telemarketer

If I missed something, please respond at the end of this post. Thanks everyone who came out.

DKP Drops & Raid Attendance

Kurinaxx

BOOK: Tome of Arcane Missiles 8 - Xephist

General Rajaxx

BOOK: Grimoire of Shadow Bolt X - Ghidrah

Buru

BOOK: Strength of Earth V - Revile

BOOK: Grimoire of Immolate VIII - Ghidrah

QUEST: Qiraji Martial Ring - Kazragerg

EPIC: Slimey Scaled Gauntlets - Revile

Attendees

Electralyte

Aliaszoros

Kytae

Kazragerg

Sabrianica (brought in Bradius when Relikk left)

Revile

Chemmy

Ghidrah

Lefou

Lomar

Evangelina

Salaminizer

Goroton (as Dirth)

Gordantell (as Xephist)

Harne

Rhoach

Oriahtundra

Zalkul

Left Early

Halamesh - Bailed after Kurinaxx

Relikk - Family issue came up after the General

Fill In Players (Thank you!)

Umonslai

Ijynx