Arena experiences during Mists

Do what's in your heart.
And go all in under the circumstances you're in.
As i've said on Twitter; Being hardcore is a lifestyle and as such it requires making hard decisions and being brutally self critical and honest.

When all is said and done for an expansion I dig deeper into other sides of the game. In the past it has involved alot of future expansion speculation, especially with gold making in mind, which over time, has led to a massive amount of bad decisions, 8+ guild banks filled with garbage and alot of wasted gold (i'll dig deeper into this in a later post about professions and materials @ WoD). The end of an expansion has also meant that i've been able to PvP alot because it has been the last season. It's also at that time the best possible honor gear is up for grabs.  

Diary post - Next! What's queued for WoD?

With WoD being far off (I don't type WoDecember without a reason on Twitter) i'm thinking about the options I have upon the expansions release. 

PvE path

The flexible raid system will be a part of all raid diffuculties below Mythic. This opens up multiple options and depending on how my new job pans out I might have time to do some raiding at least once a week. There's actually so many things that are happening during the end of this year, so raiding shouldn't be something I plan for, unless they tune the Heroic bosses super easy and preparation can be kept to a minimum. 

Sadly, the first and second tier are usually the most exciting, so i'd rather be raiding in the beginning than in the end. And on that same note, I know for sure that raiding early in an expansion requires a lot higher time commitment. 

PvP and my view @ WoD speculations

I want to PvP, as always. This might be the expansion where PvP gets even more airplay. Especially since time will be working against me the first months of WoD. I hope the changes Blizzard have in mind will be for the better, but i'll let time tell rather than speculate; Another thing other bloggers/podcasters can keep on doing while I observe, fast forward and grow extremely tired of the same old same old. Luckily there's the 3% in every field that don't follow the mindless mainstream way of doing things. A big /hug to YOU from this Cow!

Gearing up in WoD

Mike, "Preach", "A bro fist to you all",

had a good discussion about how gearing up in WoD can become a nightmare due to Blizzard treating the majority of players (the non dedicated) like morons. I won't discuss if I think the WoD system is good or not. What i'm interested in is how it all pans out. The most important bits that I have in mind that will require some planning are; stats are randomized, BiS becomes a lot harder to obtain (even through crafting?), gear changes depending on the characters specc and that has it's pros and cons. The risk of loot drama being increased (especially if you have mix of family members, friends, good and bad players) because the players want their loot now. 

How will PvP gear fare for raiding purposes? Which items can I buy to save time and how? Which level of gameplay should I commit to? Should I do it within my guild, Skies of Doom, or should I raid with a team using OQueue (the addon is better than ever!) or Open Raid? 

I hope that my guild's plan to do Mythic content stays intact and that they can work towards it. In that case I should join a Heroic team which is prepared, but not looking for Mythic raiding within the first months. Interesting. Tons of thoughts and questions to answer. That's why preparation is the most fun part cause when the plan begins to move, with or without major changes, it's "all part of the plan" (- Heathe Ledger's "The Joker"). 

WoG Brainstormz # 24 - Reasons

 

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Discussing favorite games of the past and how WoW just keeps on keeping me in-game, how I planned ahead as a WoW virgin, raiding experiences from the past on Bronze Dragonflight EU, guild experiences,- merges and drama of the past, I’ve always gone where my mindset has taken me, joining and leaving guilds for the right reasons.

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WoG Brainstormz # 23 - Squashing worms

 

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"He started squashing a worm". The legendary cloak, really of tired Flex wipers talking about wiping, raiding on normal mode soon, finding a guild on a similar level, efficient raiding and preparing in order to be above average in any team I play with.

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WoG Brainstormz # 22 - Hardcore Leadership!

Milestones are very important! This is one connected to raiding. And this is just a new beginning...

Diary post: PvE, PvP and Brainstormz

I'm trying something new this time around. Let's see if I can stick to it even once. What it is? Writing shorter posts, on the realz. Yar. Really. Aight. Go!

PvE

Raiding's been up and down this expansion. And the reason for the downs is lack of dedication, lack of a raiding core, lack of teamwork, lack of persistence, the loot that’s available in the LFR, odd and hidden social rules in the guild that irk me and finally the increased difficulty (seen from the Wrath raiders PoV, not mine <<BC mentality for life!>>). So, to avoid future disappointment and unnecessary “drama” I’ll choose a different path for 5.4. I’m not leaving my guild, I’m just not counting on doing anything that requires effort with it.

There’s other topics after the break and they involve PvP and some thoughts about podcasting in the future.

WoG Brainstormz # 11 – More than life support

“When it comes to Grayz you can expect anything.”

“Sometimes I get so caught up in details.”

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So all links from the old post are dead. When new episodes are uploaded they'll be linked to the new rss feed.Braindead people in Stockholm, Richard Harlow a.k.a. Demonic Rick to my father losing his eye sight, Learning spreadsheet basics, Being a transparent blogger/podcaster, Issues with recording at home when my family’s asleep, Guild raiding problems and different playstyles, Using the RAH for undercutting markets and trying so hard not to mention a certain market (Belt Buckles ^^)

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Diary Post: Social Guilds and Raid Problems

Progression is simply raiding to improve your teamwork and your own personal skill, that's it. And as it is atm we lack that ambition, as a team. We need more players that are willing to put in the effort. Normals are not the LFR and the difference in how you have to approach the two is larger than the jump from normals to heroics.

This post was written on the guild forums and the topic is worth having on the blog, cause it's one that's been annoying me for a long time. Inspired by this very important article on Wowinsider. 

I will use this in a blog post. It's an important topic and I have tons of thoughts about it. I write in a very general way to "provoke" people into responding so You can join in on the discussion, after the break.

Diary post: 5.2 - What's the Game Plan?

"Right, let's make the next move!"

This was written prior to 5.2, but posting it has it's value.

 If i've set a goal, reached it and have other goals to achieve moving on becomes the only option.

Patch 5.2 is going live tomorrow on the EU servers. I can't seem to stay away from the blog when i'm excited about something, so here's a little update.

• Gold making is completely dead. I don't have the willpower I once had to dedicate tons of time into researching markets and being online, undercutting mofos x amount of hours per day. Don't get me wrong, there is gold to be made, but after Cataclysm which was one huge gold expansion for Grayz, especially due to crappy internet which made raiding impossible, I just feel like i've done it and that there's no point in going hardcore into it again.
  

You hate the LFR!? You hate dailies!? Shut it!

This post was written prior to patch 5.1 release, but was published after!

So many raiders and podcasters and bloggers and forum trolls and guildies and... **********... complain about gearing up in Mists. Whether it is by grinding rep or if it's through the LFR very few players are content with the current situation. And as more raids are being released it will become even more obvious that this "problem" is related to the first months of the expansion and nothing else.

Want to know how to clear content in a WoW or Gold fashion? Reach the required ilevel to enter the raid, know everything there is to know about the encounters and choose players that fit or that can think while doing their thing, on the move, rather than the highest ilevel junkies. Finally, learn from every single wipe and have the courage to try new things, especially if your setup is different due to the lack of available classes.

There's much more walls of text after the jump and i'm really fed up with ALL of the cry babies!

Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.0 Plans part 1

Here's a  post that outlines some ideas that I currently have in WoW. Mists is great and that's a line i'll keep on repeating!

Done tasks

• Geared up for raiding - Check.
• Begin organizing my main's guild bank (not one of my personal guild banks) - Check.
• Crafting Darkmoon Faire trinkets to sell - Check.
• Learning all Glyphs - Check.
• Maxxing out all Ways in Cooking - Check.

There's more that i've done and plan on doing after the jump.

Blog for money or blog while making money?

"Yeah, so uhm, i'm gold capped now. Why can't I reinvent the wheel and climb all the way down!?" -Random Gold Capped Goblin (GrayzBDF does NOT see himself as a Goblin btw!)

This post was started before patch 4.3 and my return to WoW. I'm back and i'll be around for another 12 months so just have that in mind, will ya? Sorry for the confusion, but it won't be worse than usual anyways. WoW or Gold is pure confusion!

When I started the blog I was fully focused on using it to improve my gold making in the first place. Beyond that I also saw the gold addiction as a good opportunity to learn principles that would help me make money in real life. Besides doing what I believe in, which I think is the absolute most important thing a human being can do, I strongly believe in developing my financial intelligence.

Read on for Grayz's thoughts on gold making, setting goals and why blogging for money seems like a bad choice after the jump...