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Well, for starters, once you get the two piece T7 bonus as well as the glyph of rip, it becomes a little bit easier to keep up SR and Rip at all times. Keep in mind that it is generally accepted that maximizing kitty dps is more difficult to do then it is for other classes. A combination of strange gearing plus a complicated rotation makes things way trickier then they used to be. Furthermore, we can't just stick to stacking agility like we used to. So, bottom line is... don't worry! You really aren't very far behind me at all, and gearing can explain that. And being dead for an entire fight. Plus the fart cloud fight you got the unlucky stick several times. So add that up and you're right in the middle of the mix.

Ok, about time The Fat Man contributed something... and just in time for the Super Bowl! Awesome Guacamole: 3 ripe Haas avacados (the smaller black kind with the pebbly skin, not the giant green ones) 3 limes 3 ripe Roma tomatoes 1 smallish onion 1/2 a jalapeno 3 cloves garlic (or more, depending on taste) 1 bunch cilantro 1/2 teaspoon cumin 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon cayenne 1) Juice the limes into a bowl. 2) Get the flesh from the avacados and put them in the bowl with the lime juice. Toss to coat thoroughly. If you had really juicy limes, and depending on taste, you may want to remove a tablespoon or three of juice at this point. 3) Seed the tomatoes. Dice the tomatoes, onion, and cilantro. Set aside. 4) Halve the jalapeno and seed it carefully. Mince the jalapeno and the garlic finely. 5) Add the cumin, salt, cayenne, jalapeno, and garlic to the avacado bowl. Using a potato masher, smush it all up and blend it together. 6) Fold in the rest of the ingredients. 7) LET IT SIT for one hour or more at room temperature, for all the flavors to meld together. Helpful tip: Don't try to buy ripe avacados. Ripe ones at the supermarket have been tossed around and bruised up for a while. Just buy them a week early and get the greenest hardest ones you can find. If, after a few days, they don't look like they are going to ripen in time, toss them in a brown paper bag or loosely wrap them in newspaper, together with a banana, an apple, or the tomatoes. Or all three. Wait three days. Poof - instant ripe avacados.

An excellent read, if you can make it through all the smug drood self-importance.

I think all these suggestions are great, for varied aspects of end-game play. However, I think the original question had to do with levelling a druid. I would consider the following things: 1) You're going to be soloing A LOT at the lower levels. 2) What will most efficiently get you to Northrend? What are the obstacles? 3) Do you want to play while levelling the way you intend to play at 80? Having said that, yes, feral can be a decent way to level a druid. Combine melee dps (no mana downtime) with the ability to heal yourself (no food/bandage downtime) and it can be fairly efficient. But there are certain talents that you can probably skip on your way up. Consider that some talents are great for raiding, but not that useful for solo questing. And there are some that are great for solo questing, but are wasted points in an end-game build. For example, I found Brutal Impact to be very useful while levelling - as kitty, it gave me enough time to pounce->mangle->FFF->shred, whereas without it, I wouldn't have the time to get the shred off (plus I wouldn't have gotten enough energy anyway). In bear, it gave me enough time to pop out and throw an oh-crap heal. Not extremely useful any more at end game, but I couldn't live without it while levelling. Intensity - since I haven't spent a lot of time chain casting, I can't comment as to how effective this talent is. However, once you get Improved Leader of the Pack, I have almost never had mana issues between fighting and healing myself. You simply regenerate mana faster while fighting. Carefully read the talent, too - mana regen WHILE CASTING, for a talent that you couldn't access until you had kitty form... hrm... In addition, especially since the bonus movement speed of cats now works indoors as well, I suspect you'll be spending more time in kitty form then anything else. Now, the tough part - the giant asspain that is levelling until you get kitty form. Roots and wrath are your friends! If you don't mind a respec once you hit level 20, I'd actually throw some points into Starlight Wrath. It's helpful in those early levels until you get used to kitty and/or bear form. But above all else, the key to playing a druid is to remember that you have a million tools at your disposal. Some things won't work well with charging in and bear swiping. Other things are too tough to bring down quickly enough in kitty form. It doesn't make sense to root a caster and get into a spell war. So... BE SITUATIONAL. Change your tactics depending on the fight! Learn to enjoy the idea that you can do things several different ways, depending on your current talents, gear, etc. If you're a feral spec early on, but a nice blue caster staff drops for you... use it! Be a wrath cannon for a little while! And finally, if you're considering professions - although it doesn't REALLY shine until epic flight form, consider gathering professions as an option. Druids can farm herbs without shifting out of flight form, giving us a clear advantage over everyone else that has to get off a mount, and then re-summon it. I don't know if we are automatically shifted out of flight form when trying to mine or skin, but even still, insta-cast flight form makes farming ez-pwn mode. I hope this helped - there's only about ten million druids in the clan, so feel free to ask questions...

butt = shoulder. Not so funny now, is it?

this is the dumbest post i have ever put my eyes on. The fact that Xeno posts basically never, but yet felt compelled to let you know how stupid this was, should really tell you that it was really stupid.

more geared up crushers = more raiding = more good. If you guys are ever short a body and need a drood, let me know. I'd be happy to fuzzybutt on non-NY Giants football Sundays.

One of the best polygraph guys we have starts off with a lot of the Reid technique and adds in his own experiences with body language and mirroring positions. Poke around a little bit... Interview and Interrogation "Interview" is the process by which you determine if the suspect is being deceptive or dishonest with you. You're just asking questions and letting him answer. "Interrogation" is a one-sided conversation, completely accusatory. You pretty much don't let him say a single thing about anything other then why he did it. You are perfectly within your right to hire an investigator to ask your middle son's "friend" some questions... you'd be surprised. Most detectives brush off complicated cases. Other guys are paid to achieve results. I'd expect him to interview the suspect in a room with some test tubes lying around, a "report" from some criminal lab DNA analysis, and ask him for a cheek swab. He'll confess pretty quickly. Me, personally, I'd just shoot the guy.

Craft of War.... BLIND I don't know how this guy did it and I don't care. This was the best Warcraft movie I've ever seen, hands down.

I got an entire cask of wine! Which I consumed immediately. Wait, what? I forgot what I was saying. Merry Christmas!

The warlock paused before entering Clan Skullcrusher’s guild hall. It had been a long journey, deep into Un’goro crater. He stopped for a moment to straighten his helm… after all, he wanted to make a good impression upon the Clan. “Strength and honor to those assembled – I bring news and salutations. The rumors are true: the demons speak the name of Clan Skullcrusher with fear. And so, I have come to offer myself to the cause of those so mighty, that the Burning Legion itself has given pause to consider the strength of this noble clan. Please, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Lord Naz’th….” “NUGIE!!!! NUGIE NUGIE NUGIE!!!” Eigun shimmered, rapidly shifting between his forms, jumping around wildly in an ecstatic dance. The warlock visibly shrank several inches. “Majesty, give me strength… please… not this….” “Hey, everybody! This was the warlock, Nugie, that I told you all about! Nugie is the one that saved me! Three cheers for Nugie!!” The Forsaken shouted as loud as he could. “No, wait, please. That’s not my name.” But it was too late. He could barely be heard over the druid’s bestial roars. “So, what do you think, Nugie? I promise, not everyone needs rescuing like I do. But you were just saying, you wanted to be a part of the Clan, right?” “But… that’s not my name…” Lord Naz’thul-en-Ug’ee’s body seemed to weep as he began to understand the inevitable. Eigun turned towards the rest of the elders. “Firsthand I have witnessed Nugie’s commitment to the battle. Although his name is stupid, I will testify as to this warlock’s prowess, regardless of his name. What say you all?” As the elders considered their options, Eigun laughed to himself. “Lord whatever-it-is. HAH! Unlikely. You want respect, time to earn it. Your titles mean nothing, now.” The warlock raised his eyes, waiting to see if any of the elders would take him seriously after the druid Eigun had undermined him so.

It was just another day for the young druid. Time to do some chores on behalf of the Shattered Sun Expedition. Eigun hovered near a mana forge in Netherstorm, before shifting into bear form and rounding up Sunfury Blood Elves so he could swipe them all down at once. It was nothing he hadn’t done before, with three or four attackers. But this time… this time, his appetite had gotten out of hand. He had gathered eight, nine, TEN Blood Elves, and then, along came one of their Arcane Annihilators. Eigun began to panic, and then lost hope… this would a be long walk from the graveyard. He didn’t even notice that several of his foes had developed little glowing seeds, quietly ticking away. Suddenly, there was a massive explosion, which triggered another, which triggered another. Before Eigun knew what happened, a felguard had drawn the Arcane Annihilator off of him, and there was a pile of Sunfury corpses on the ground. A volley of shadow bolts slammed into the creature, and it, too, was dispatched. Eigun released his bear shape and ran towards the source of the shadow bolts to thank his savior with a large hug. “WOW! That was great! Thank you so much for… um…” He stopped in his tracks, as he saw a Forsaken, ugly even by their standards, wet with fel energy, and bristling with hate. The cozy feelings had instantly disappeared. “Sir, I appreciate the help. What is your name?” the druid asked the warlock. “Good, boy. You’re polite enough to respect my power.” His Forsaken chest whistled and heaved as the decaying body breathed to speak. “You are only as significant to me as these demons I keep enslaved. Therefore, you will always refer to me by my full title, as they do. I will be called Lord Naz’thul-en’Ug’ee and nothing else. Remember this.” The druid had seen plenty of arrogance before, but none such as this. Not even the Sin’dorei spoke so contemptuously to him. Nevertheless, he was in the warlock’s debt… “What’s that, you said? Nugie? I like the sound of that. My name’s Eigun! We’ll be friends forever! Eigun and Nugie!” “No, you idiot, that’s not my name at all. I told you, it’s Lord Naz’th…” But before he could finish, Eigun interrupted by shifting into his cat form and yawning to bare his long fangs. “Goodbye, Nugie!” He quickly blended into the background, laughing as he disappeared. “He can kiss my big Tauren backside before I refer to him as Lord anything”, thought the druid, before he padded away silently. The warlock seethed with anger. “Idiot. I’m going to follow him and make him respect me if it’s the last thing I do. I’ll go find those comrades of his, Clan Skullcrusher, and fight by their side. He’ll have no choice but to stop calling me that stupid name sooner or later.” He straightened out his robes in an attempt to recover a small bit of his wounded pride, before he summoned his wyvern and flew off, looking for Clan Skullcrusher’s guild hall.

Ok, I'll give this a try.

Cocaine is a hell of a drug.

1) where? 2) did you run out of bag space?

Seriously, how long did this take you? That's some really impressive grinding, man - grats!

Although I'd love to bring my mage to this run, I don't think he's geared up enough yet. I should probably stick with the warlock, Nugie. That is, if there's room to play.

Unfortunately, I have some relatives visiting from out of town and won't be able to make it. Have fun guys! Let's see how long it takes!

I thought Ronstin sent Kthylus a Lay on Hands glyph on Tuesday while he was power-leveling. you sent the major glyph... there is also a minor glyph of the same name. grrr.... minor glyph learning is teh suck! p.s. Many of the glyphs requested won't be available until the patch.

I thought Ronstin sent Kthylus a Lay on Hands glyph on Tuesday while he was power-leveling. you sent the major glyph... there is also a minor glyph of the same name. grrr.... minor glyph learning is teh suck!

I'm now at 360 - I've got all the goods, so if anyone is looking for something, don't pay the AH rape fee, just ask me.

ARGH! I thought I had saved up lots of herbs, but apparently, not the right kind. I'm stuck right below 300 until I can scare off some of these herb farmers that have come out of the woodwork (I refuse to buy my herbs). Once I get a few stacks of plaguebloom or golden sansam, I should crack the 300 barrier and then I can feast on mountains of felweed all the way up. Has anyone maxed inscriptions out yet? Harne? Waldy?

I have two daily transmutes that you can use. Primal Earth (4g) + 1 day = Primal Life. Slightly slower and not exactly free, but it sure beats farming.

/iconcur /themessageisauthentic In our trip down memory lane last night, one of the topics that I forgot to mention from TS... Calandor: <raid chatter> Young Boy: Hi. Raid: <stunned silence>... uh... hello? Young Boy: Hi. Calandor: Who is that? What are you doing here? Young Boy: Someone told me to come on here and mess with you guys. Calandor: What? Who told you that? Young Boy: I'm supposed to mess with you guys. Raid: <stunned silence> Eigun: So, little boy... what are you wearing? And then Baracko kicked him before I could have any fun. Or get arrested. Whichever comes first.

god damnit stop banning my accounts! I thought this was an open minded guild!