The quarterly update.

OK, yeah, so it hasn’t been 3 months since the last post, but it’s been a while.

Feels like a lot of shit went down, but that’s only because it happened over the course of a little more than a month.

I’m actually playing Mercot more often than not these days, since I found a relatively decent Horde guild. Nice, motivated people. They let folks do their own thing, but also keep the progression moving. Regular Kara runs, though I’ve either not been on or properly prepared during raid times.

Gnomcot, sadly, must remain parked at level 42 for now, as Horde is suddenly fun again.
I started a couple of alts, one of which I’ve actually been having a blast with. For the first time in over a year, I’ve been hitting RFC, WC and SFK with a character of the appropriate level and with others of the same level range. I never thought I’d experience that content in that way again.

The funniest thing about it is that we largely find the crappiest loot imaginable, yet the old arguments remain. Even at level 18, where you can find far better gear for 50s to 3g on the AH, people argue endlessly about need/greed. Better to just greed or pass at these levels, because frankly, I’d rather be gaining levels right now and worrying about gear progression when it really matters. Really I just want to get my mage up to 20 and learn blizzard. I’ve always wanted to try the frost nova / blizzard farming technique. Ever since Alachia went over it in fascinating detail on WoWcast.

Speaking of podcasts, I discovered a few more great ones: Analog Hole Gaming, SModcast and In The World podcast. Check ‘em out if you haven’t heard. They’re great. Analog Hole is made up of remnants from Gamecast Online and the Pod People, SModcast is Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier (director/writer and exec producer of Clerks, Chasing Amy, Mallrats etc etc etc) and In The World is another WoW podcast with more Pod People. Analog Hole and SModcast are both pretty damn explicit, so be wary, all you Kindergarteners.

Not too much going on, otherwise. I’m reading the Empire of Ivory the new installment in Naomi Novik’s Temeraire series. It’s like reading a Jane Austen novel set in the Napoleonic Wars in a world where dragons are used as an aerial corps. Highly recommended.

Recenty read: Watchmen – Allen Moore (Fucking amazing), The Walking Dead – Robert Kirkman (Vol. 5 was so fucked up I’m not sure I want to continue), Hellboy: Strange Places (Damn, Mignola is amazing), Buffy – Season 8 (they really need to step up production on this, cause it rocks).