Elkagorasa the Casual

Last weekend, I jumped on LFR Pinnacle of Storms and landed into a DPS slot for Lei Shen . Now, personally, this has to be one of the most complicated LFR fights I've seen. Run here, kill that add, stand there, make sure he's against the pilar, now for phase 2... That night, we successfully downed him on our fourth attempt. After watching the videos, I wasn't prepared. First off, you ARE supposed to stand in the goo. There's white goo, and blue goo and sparkly goo. You stand in two, but not the other. On top of that, the ground sparkles and various pieces light up with a neon glow. Looking back at the videos, I wasn't standing in the right place, but running away from it, but standing on a harmless floor tile that was simply lit up with neon. In addition, I could have died if not for some fast acting players who stacked on me when I had the static charge on me. See, I'd always thought of the earlier content as training material. Quests teach you the new...

Gamon, I don't understand? You've been beat on for years. Considered a traitor to the Horde, but never have you been so up in arms..  

With my recent feature post on Amijade's blog , I figured it's time to refresh my user interface post. Below is a sample of my current raiding (questing, rep grinding) user interface. Nothing fancy, mostly like the default interface. I like moving myself, pet, target, and focus down below my toon's feet. This way I can focus on the fight and not need to look around the screen. Here are my addons: Addon Control Panel so that I can swap between AH and DPS/Questing addons. Bartender4 to shrink buttons main rotation buttons down to 70% normal size, shrink main menu and 'out of combat' buttons down to 50% and to create a CYA button bar- on use button (soulstone, fear macro, teleport macro, healtstone macro) XPerl to provide detailed views on myself. Standard interface allows moving user frames around, but xPerl will also include target-of-target-of-target options and "my spells are larger" views. Skada as a damage meter. I like that I can turn off...

Just saw this on WoW Insider. It bears to note, don't run a heroic scenario with a regular scenario group if you intend to grab the super magnificent loot bucket at the end.   click for more info   sigh, I guess it means back to yelling LFG in trade chat..

With the 5.3 patch, Blizzard started along the war of Vol'jin against Garrosh. This series of 'quests' details why the war is going on (alliance and horde) and then what we need to do about it. Start quest line from Lorewalker Cho , and listen to his stories, which lead into the 2 new scenarios Blood in the Snow . Ride between skulls and you can avoid wiping on large fights. and Darkheart of Pandaria . Kill off some adds around the first boss to get 'shield buff' on group. Collect 1 of (3) each relic for an achievement. Fly to Senjin village (horde), talk to Vol'jin. Raid the Kor'kron camps around the Barrens . I found this easier if I simply killed two commanders . They show up as little huts on your barrens map. As DPS, I could simply sit there and kill the boss, I'd get some splash healing. (I wasn't able to solo the one elite I tried by myself, they are all level 92.) You don't have to tag the boss, even grey I got drops from him. Even ...

6 4 years ago when I started this blog to track my warlocks "Adventures in Azeroth", I never really thought it would have lasted this long. It was a passing fancy to work on while at the office. Sort of a mental not of things to do when I get back online. As of this post, I'll be a short 4 posts away from 500 blog posts.  Ok, to be honest, it's not like I can came to compete against my warlock compatriots who love to write. I have been know to do the 10 word post that includes an interesting screenshot . All I have to say is 'thanks for coming back'.  Love the Transmorg? Tired of the turban, I wanted a "gentleman's" look to go with my fancy hat! (too cheap  poor to buy the top hat ) On other 500 news, Elk now has a 499 gear score. Not 'bad' considering back in January, Elk was sporting 460s. While out working on the new ' Battlefield: Barrens ', I picked up an interesting random drop,  Latent Kor'kron Spauld...

I was just looking at the talent calculator looking for possible holes in my warlock spec. Going down the list of talents that Elk has selected and ... Soul Leech - Passive - heals based on damage done.  Shadowfury - Instant cast - stun on all enemies in aoe reticle.  Soul Link - Instant cast - share damage with pet.  Unbound Will - wha??? I can remove "movement impairing effects"!!! This immediately brought me to last night's 4 wipes on the  Durumu fight and his annoying eye sore maze and the slow caused by Lingering Gaze . I am putting up a button as soon as I get home! That reminds me, I put a new button on my 'healing' bar the other day. A druid buffed me with Symbiosis . This in turn gave me rejuvenation , a HOT. Not the coolest or most interesting of druid talents, but definitely has a nice niche. You know when I am short a healthstone , lifeblood is on cool down, soul leech isn't doing it and don't want to interrupt dps loop to dra...