Short Update

Been having internet troubles as of late and family issues. Sorry the lack of updates. Happy April!

Oh how time flies.

So this weekend was full of nostalgia and new things. I went to do an AQ 40 run with my priest and while we weren’t able to nab a full clear, I was very happy to have seen it at all in the first place.

Pic or it didn’t happen

Later in the weekend we also did a full clear of ZA with chests and all that done. It pleases me when I don’t die several times over. It’s a running joke in my guild that it’s not a raid until Yasura dies…at least once. I’m just a klutz in-game is all. *shifty eyes* Fortunately I usually have stellar tanks and have trained myself in the art of “listening to the big kaboom Omen sound so I can fade like the trained monkey I am”. And then fading anyhow when the cooldown is up. Did I mention I really like Fade?

Anywho, Kadomi’s post recently about nooblet-Kadomi made me nostalgic and I went to dig around my screenshots folder. Alas, I lost most of my early WoW screenshots but I do have at least a few from the tail end of 2006.

My UI, then and now: (Some things will never change >.<)

Yea it made my eyes bleed too

Yea, oww.

And here is Yasura today. Her trademark Troll mohawk is on vacation but I’m sure it’ll make a re-appearance soon. 🙂

Note: She is neither rolling in the money or managing yours.

And as a bonus, nothing strokes my ego more than being needed by everyone unexpectedly:

Patches and achievements

So I’ve been busy these few weeks catching up on WoW-related goals and generally trying to not go insane from my wonky work schedule. My paladin, Delenitha, dinged 70 (alas, I forget to get a screenshot, as is tradition with my 70s) and I am really enjoying the AOE tankadin life on her.

Due to the holiday and achievements, however, my priest has seen a resurgence in playing time. Who knew that achievements could be so addictive? With the help of a friend, I got enough pets to get Stinker and I’m slowly trying to get through the achievements to get the Hallowed title. Earlier this week, I got the ubiquitous Jenkins title but then I thought, Yasura the Hallowed has a bit nicer ring to it than Yasura Jenkins. Maybe.

As for healing, I can say that despite my earlier protestations, I’m really digging the changes. I thought I would miss downranking a lot more but I’ve found the transition easy. I also did something I thought I’d never do and respecced to include “lolwell” in my healing arsenal. I’m still trying to train my party and raid people to actually *use* it but I’m hopeful it’s worth the point since my mana is a lot more valuable now than it was with mana pots freely available. As for raiding,  I can’t say much about that at the moment since my schedule has thrown advance planning out the window. I have heard raids are easy as pie now but that’s no surprise to me considering that the pre-expansion patch always shakes things up, if only for a little while.

Now if only maintenence would end soon, I have more random instances to do and places to explore for achievements. I’m not obsessed…really.

Meow!