PvE professions
Which profession is best? Well, when it comes to professions, there is a short answer, and a long answer. The short answer is, they all are. All of the crafting professions will give you roughly the same bonus, and ...
Draw a Druid competition
To celebrate the blog nearly almost reaching its "10.000 visitors per month" mark, I thought it would be funny to make up a competition. And because I am getting an artist to make over the site with some cool drawings, I thought it ...
Tiny talent trees
The new talent trees are out. Yay. Not much to say about them though, but before I do say anything, there is one single word that I wish to embed in your brain with a ten ton sledgehammer: CHILL!
Talent tree specializations
Blizzard plans to scrap the current talent trees, and trim the new ones down considerably. We will be going from 51 point talent trees, down to 31 point talent trees. I was a bit unsure if I would make a blog post on this now, or wait ...
Real ID or Really Bad ID(ea)?
The other day, Blizzard released a press statement regarding some of their plans for Real ID in the future. If you have been living under a rock, the Real ID is the new system in World of Warcraft and in upcoming game releases, which ...
A raidleader’s guide to moonkins
If you are a raid leader or class leader of a guild, chances are that you have been given this link by someone who thinks you would benefit to get up to speed when it comes to moonkins. Or maybe you are out searcing for info ...
Trinket Talk
Trinkets seems to be a big deal for everyone. Probably because they are so hard to come by. For each tier of raids, there are only a few trinkets to choose from, and there are a lot of people gunning for the upgrade, where as with ...
Ruby Sanctum Best In Slot
Patch 3.5 and The Ruby Sanctum is just about to hit, and it is probably a good time to take a look at te new items coming, and how they fit into our gear. Before we do that, I want to try and make an important point. Best in slot ...
Cataclysm reforging
Come Cataclysm, our gear troubles are finally over. Not only will our caps become higher, we will also not be promted to look for pretty dresses to wear. We no longer have to battle the priests, mages and warlocks for their gear. First ...
Blizzard hates druids!
Forums and blogs have been buzzing with talk for months now, ever since we saw the first alpha leaks, and with the official information released by Blizzard. And there are mixed feelings about all of these changes. Some people ...
Druid talents released
Glee, Blizzard officially announced the druid Cataclysm talents - well, as much of them as they have finished, that is. What we see on the talent trees below is probably still not the finished version - a lot of things can change, the ...
Hard mode is hard
Icecrown Citadel has been very enjoyable thus far, and the fights are varied enough that it can keep me entertained, even back when we did normal. But I must admit, once you start getting comfortable with hard modes, the normal ...
Cataclysm Glyphs
First off, I think its fairly reasonable to think that we wont be rolling with the same glyphs at level 85. Even something as strong as Glyph of Starfall is probably going to be outdated. Anything else would be pretty poor. So far, our ...
Activision’s Greed
The CEO of Activision (Activision is the major shareholder of Blizzard Entertainment) Robert A. Kotick plans to drain gamers from every penny they have, and he doesn't seem to connect with the customers of their product at all ...
Before the end of the world
In Vanilla, I was a priest. In The Burning Crusade, I played a hunter. In Wrath of the Lich King, I've been a druid. If there is any sort of pattern to my choice of playstyle, this pattern dictates that I should find a new class to play ...
Gearscore Grumbles
The Gearscore debate has been going on for a long, long time. It didn't take long after the addon really took hold until there was massive outcrys against it. And yet, with all the hate towards the addon, and all of the negative ...
PUGs from Hell
I love pugging. Or at least, I love the idea of pugging. Especially since the LFG tool was updated (read: Made useful) a few patches ago, I saw the chance for me to really do something that I enjoy so much in this game: Having a quickie.
The Moonkin Guide
It's here. It's finally here! I saw down and wrote until my fingers bled, and the end result is this - The Moonkin Guide!
A peek at Cataclysm talents
There is a lot of stuff out there, ripped from the Cataclysm alpha client. I am not excactly sure how Blizzard feel about people stealing info from the client, but since nobody in the alpha really said anything, I suppose it might be alright.
The Moonkin Manifesto
And what about your, Mr. Warlock? Oh, you can create fire too? Newsflash, mage is already doing it! Oh, you have curses? What are you going to do to me, give me a cold? Don't bother me with your voodoo mumbo jumbo!
On alts and offspecs
I have a bit of a lo.. hate/hate relationship to offspecs and alts. It is not that I don't appreciate the fun that can be had by playing them, but I am already playing what I like to play. If I liked to play something else more, I would play that.
Blizzard concept art
Do you remember that old Starcraft wallpaper? The one with the protoss underwater, grapping his shoulder as his glowing eyes gaze towards the surface? I sure do! It was my desktop wallpaper for a long, long time. It was very ...
Toying with Typhoon
A lot of debates have sprung up recently across druid forums, and I think it would be beneficial to take a look at the spell - there seem to be a lot of people who are unsure of how to best benefit from Typhoon. Previously, this talent ...
Progression, achievements and hard modes
With the completion of Glory of the Icecrown Raider 25, I thought I would make another vlog, talking a bit about my guilds progress in ICC, and the hard modes we have encountered. I hope you will enjoy this little commentary ...
Thoughts on druid changes
It took a good day of waiting since my post yesterday, but the much anticipated druid changes are finally here! But what to make of them? Surely, these seem like rather interesting and creative changes. We can only muse about ...
Cataclysm druid changes
It is the 9th of April, and today Blizzard plans to announce the changes to moonkins in their upcoming expansion. Obviously, we are all very excited about what is going to happen, and obviously, at the time of writing, there is ...
The secrets of DPS
I have been wanting to rub my hind quarters on this subject for quite a while, but at the same time I have been somewhat hesitant about it. It is not because I hold some grand thoughts that I have the holy grail of DPS, or ...
Just another raid night
I've been in a lot of guilds for the past five years, and each of them have been different. The way the guild is managed, the people, the general skill of those you play with, and the social activities outside of raids ...
Goodbye WoW, Hello…
I have been playing World of Warcraft for over five years now. I have seen the game through three major releases, countless of dungeons and raids, and I have traveled across Azeroth more times that I can count. Yes, it ...
Jun 10
29
Trinket Talk
Trinkets seems to be a big deal for everyone. Probably because they are so hard to come by. For each tier of raids, there are only a few trinkets to choose from, and there are a lot of people gunning for the upgrade, where as with other pieces of gear, there are usually alternatives that are, if not perfect, nearly as good.
So I thought it would be a good idea to compile a list of the most common trinkets, and my thoughts on them. I have excluded certain trinkets, those from Naxx and those dropping from the later parts of Ulduar, simply because these instances aren’t really that popular anymore, or because most random groups seem to crumble before you reach the boss that drops them. If you are still raiding Naxxramas and Ulduar on a regular basis, then no problem, but then your choice in trinkets is quite limited anyways.
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Jun 10
25
Quieth’s Qeeps
Quieth, Qeith, Qeuth, Queef. The list goes on. There is no shortage of ways people try to write my name, and fail miserably at it. I watch the hits I get from Google searches, and I am mortified by the amounts of hits I get from Queith. I mean sure, there is a fair amount of searches on “Qieth” but that doesn’t make it right.
I know, I know, it is difficult to make out just what kind of name it is. People have pointed out to me that there are no words in English that has a Q not followed by a U (quit, quiz, Quasimodo). Even my guildies, who has known me for a long time, and know how to pronounce the name, can get it wrong.
I came up with the name Qieth back when I played Anarchy Online. I somewhat like the sound of the name Keith, so I figured turning the K into a Q was a good idea. Unfortunately, I mixed up the E and the I. It’s not Kieth, after all. The character from Anarchy Online was never one I was very active on, but the name stuck with me ever since.
Back then, my most common screen name was Helios, a name that usually gets taken on any popular service, being the God of the Sun and all. I would be Helios whereever I could, and Qieth was reserved for “secret profiles”, stuff I didn’t want people to find me on. You get the idea. When I ditched Helios, however, I had gotten pretty used to Qieth, and when my druid was made, the choice landed on that.
It’s a tricky name, I get that. If anything, it should have been Qeith. But i can’t change it now. Qeith looks weird to ne. It’s not right. Besides, I am so connected to the name; Its my mains name, part of my blogs title, and it is a name that people, for some reason, remember and google once in a while. I can’t go changing my domain, my blog, my main and a million users across the Internet now. I’m caught. We will simply have to live with it.
My real name is, in fact, Dan, plain and simple. I was toying with the idea of changing my real name to Keith, but that would probably complicate things more. If you ever need to speak my name, when you talk about my blog with your friends (;)), just think of Keith. Not Quieth. Not Qeth. Definitely not Queef!
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Jun 10
21
Blizzard’s Real ID
Patch 3.3.5 comes to the US this week, and with it comes Blizzard’s new Real ID system. To sum it up quickly, Real ID lets you add friends to your battle.net account, rather than your friends list ingame. This lets you see if they are logged on, what game they are playing, what character and what server they are on – that’s right, Big Brother is watching, and you’re it!
I totally “get” the idea. It would be strange if Blizzard runs three major games and don’t offer some way to communicate between them. I can chat with my friend while he flies around in Starcraft 2, and my guild master can see if I’m skipping a raid to play Diablo 3.
Of course, people can’t see you like this unless they know your Battle.net e-mail. You have to share that e-mail with your friends before they can add you, and you have to approve new friends as they send a request – online the current friend system ingame that just lets people add you without your knowledge. They get more information on you, after all, so that is fitting.
Check out my new post on Real ID – real names on public forums!
Incidently, my Battle.net e-mail is also my personal e-mail. An e-mail that many people have, that many people can find via Facebook and forums, so I worry just how many requests I might get. Unwanted requests, that is. The Facebook tool is slightly annoying – only slightly. A quick way to avoid this whole Facebook thing would be to hide your e-mail from friends, making the tool unable to see your e-mail and unable to check if it is tied to a Battle.net account. Or, you could simply change the e-mail on your Bnet account – although that seems like a bit of a hassle.
I guess it would be a bit too paranoid to think that random business contacts were to look me up just to see if I was a gamer, and even if they did, they would be marked as nerdy little gamers too. However, it is free to create a Battle.net account, so the question really is if its possible to create a Bnet account with no games at all, and add people to it.
So is it actually useful? Yes, I suppose it is for some people. Personally, there are very few people I would add, if any. I have a very good friend who is likely to play a lot of Starcraft 2 – but we can chat over MSN or the like anyways. Then there are some old friends from previous guilds that would be fun to talk to – but I have those on MSN as well, and with the luxury of no less than three monitors, I don’t think I’m going to miss room for an MSN chat box. It would be cool to talk to alliance players on my server, but I don’t know any, but I suppose it could be fun to add other druids who are active in the community, and have a chat with them once in a while.
To be fair, I don’t have that many friends… who plays Blizzard games. I mean, real life friends… who plays Blizzard games. I can count them on one hand. Oh sure, there are probably more, but we don’t really talk WoW or anything. I consider many of my guild mates my friends as well, but there is no need for them to have my Real ID when all of my alts are on the same server and in the same guild. And if I’m not ingame, I am usually on Ventrilo.
But I may just be a special case. It might just be me, so saturated with other programs and so snoppy about this new initiative that I won’t really find a use for it. It is a good idea, and I’m sure that there are tons of people who will benefit a lot from it. I just don’t think I would use it for more than just a few people, if any.
How about you? Will you be a Real ID fanatic?
Check out my new post on Real ID – real names on public forums!
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Jun 10
19
Ruby Sanctum Best In Slot
Patch 3.3.5 and The Ruby Sanctum is just about to hit, and it is probably a good time to take a look at the new items coming, and how they fit into our gear.
Before we do that, I want to try and make an important point. Best in slot lists are very discriminating. What I mean by that is that they asse that you have access to everything, normal and heroic, 10 an 25 man. If you don’t, the value of an item might change due yo caps and whatnot. Also, keep in mind that just because it is a best in slot list, it doesn’t mean that there isn’t alternatives out there. A good example is the Boots of Unnatural Growth. While they have spirit instead of haste, they are nearly as good as the Plague Scientist’s Boots.
An upgrade is an upgrade, so don’t go tunnelvision against these items in particular. If you an upgrade your stats with a nearly-as-good item, you should.
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Jun 10
19
Quick Quip: My Mental Anarchy
Many moons ago, I posted a
You can see the blog at http://qieths-quips.com/personal/, or by clicking the banner in the top right corner of the site. I must stress that this is a private blog, and that I cannot answer for what comes up in there, how often I post, or how coherent the content is. But if you feel like you want to have a peak inside of my head, or if you are just bored and want to find out what’s been on my mind, this would be the place to go.
Enjoy!
Qieth’s personal blog
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