Cataclysm, 3.3, and Fail Time!
Haven’t updated in awhile. We had a few technical difficulties with the site for one, but those are fixed now. On to wow! Time constraints have pushed raiding to a back burner, as well as even paying for my account! Finally finished my tanking boots and had to pull the plug shortly after that to refocus for a short bit. HOWEVER! We are back and good to go now.
With the NDA finally being lifted, there is Cataclysm data and screenshots everywhere. If you have not seen them already, check out TankSpots fly through videos for the redesigned areas, very good redos on Org and Stormwind for sure. Org looks like a whole new area, SW is about the same, but some subtle yet great changes have been made.
3.3, have not stepped foot inside Ruby S yet but from the looks of the fight it’s like an Onyxia with Kalecgos, Sapph and Sarth thrown in with some floating purple lasers. I know it takes a lot to build a raid instance, I understand the work and effort, but on the other hand I am rather disappointed at the reuse of mechanics. Linked health has to be one of the most annoying things when it’s used like it is in the Halion fight. Then there is the loot… The distribtution of points has always been annoying to me for this expansion and this instance just further compounds it. If an item has a higher ilvl I don’t believe it should be 100% better, BUT when it comes to tanking gear, if an item has a higher ilvl it should, at the least, have more stamina than something of a lower ilvl. Case in point, crafted boots vs Halion 10 normal boots. It’s 1 stamina point, but it’s still 
1 stamina point. Strength is different too, but that doesn’t seem to bug me as much. I understand that the points are put into hit, but hit is lackluster at this point in this game at this gear level. Personally I don’t miss, I ensure that, and I could do without the hit and have that bring the stamina above a 10 man drop on a 25 man crafted piece. BUT, enough with that. Different gear for different reasons, but I’m running out of bank space!
In other news, Midsummers completed, mount obtained!
