One of these days I’m going to get a regular job that has me working on a set schedule so I can go back to, you know, playing my Death Knight like I want to.

As many have noticed, Ray’s still on hiatus. That has become semi-permanent. While I love my death knight, I missed my home in the horde and returned to Eredar. For now, Raydis sits graciously with the tag Eventide, but no longer raids with them. Hell, I haven’t logged on to him in months. But, he won’t sit there forever. Blizzard has announced that they have in the works a Faction Transfer.

Buuuuuut…..until that time comes, Ray is going to remain an Alliance Death Knight. What would be awesome is if he could remain human, but convert to the horde. That and I want to keep all his horses. That would be awesome.

Now then, the rest of the news: Because Ray is on perma-hiatus, this blog goes with him. I’m not going to delete it. Not by a long shot. But I’m not going to sit here and try to think up posts for a character that’s just sitting around waiting for me to play him. (I can hear Raydis grumbling in the back of my mind right now. It’s hilarious.) I may get around to making the rest of my “helpful guide” posts. I may not. Right now, my focus has turned back to my cows: Raien (whose name I’m going to fix when I get $10) the Hunter, and Silverleaf the Druid. Once faction changes go live, you can bet your ass I’m pulling Ray to the dark side. >:)

Until then, I’ll leave this up since it does have a few good posts to help people out.

….I think I’ll make Ray a cow when I pull him over. Yes…..a big, fluffy, cow.

First off, big welcome to Kel from Awakening in Progress. There needs to be more girl gamers out there.

And!

Cadistra from World of Warcraft, Eh? is both a blog and a webcomic rolled into one! And even better: She’s a MooCow! Yay for MooCows!

Kay, done for now. I need to find something to do while I wait for the servers to come up…

Complete 3.1 Patch Notes can be found here!

I’m just going to go over a few notes and what I think about them for now since I can’t play the game while patching.

All Ground Mounts may now swim without dismounting the rider. Flying Mounts still may NOT, and will dismount the rider upon entering water.

Not much of a problem for my Death Knights, but incredibly annoying with my other characters. I LOVE this change since I can mistime a jump across the river and not get dumped off my cat/wolf. Yee!

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Yeah, okay, the whole bloody Death Knight section is full of things that make me go YEE and then go WTF?! Like Rune of the Fallen Crusader. GG taking away the heal ability it had. Still nice to have for the strength buff, but I guess the heal is compensated elsewhere. Still blargh. Blood Tanking got a little more of a boost, so hopefully we’ll see some more Blood Tanks out there. I may give it a try on my cow since Ray doesn’t have the gear to even try tanking. He’s pure DPS baby. Pure DPS.

The return of Shadow to Black Ice is a nice change. It was a bit of an upset when they took it out of the talent, although I can see why they did back then. DKs where a wee bit OP back then. We’ve balanced out a bit since then :).

The irritating Shadow of Death has been removed as a prereq for Master of Ghouls. Thank God. It was great when it didn’t have an internal cooldown, but once in, it was just plain stupid to have as a prereq. Useless, actually. May that talent rot in hell.

I’m not too sure about the swap of Unholy Blight and Gargoyle. I mean, it’s great that I can get my RP dump sooner in the tree, but the Gargoyle is kinda….meh. I use it in situations where I need an emergency long term dps boost and a quick RP dump, but I can easily get the burst I need from an emergency dump with death coil. Oh well, can’t win them all.

Now as far as Hunter talents go, well this isn’t a Hunter blog but dammit I’m all giddy about the pet changes! I’ll have to get my Hunters to 80 though to see if Beast Mastery is still my lovable talent tree. But for now, I must go to a 2-hour long meeting and WoW must wait.

/sadface

Oh yeah, and there’s that Ulduar thing…

In other news, I did get a new dog who came to me with some horrible habits and a strange fear of stairs. Fortunately, the stairs thing was temporary and due to her previous owner not making her go up stairs if she didn’t want to.

…..So much for my black proto-drake. /cry

Post the sixth screenshot in your sixth folder….Okay, I don’t have my screen shots separated into folders. Should I be? Bah, I don’t know.

1, that is my horrid UI in infant stages. 2, That’s not Ray! That’s Jenuya, my Shaman….that…got…abandoned. Heh. The race to get a 4th 70 at the time just couldn’t hold my attention long enough when the Closed Beta loomed in front of me.

Now then….let’s see. I shall be nice and tag only a select few instead of everyone who reads this. Hmm. I pick, Euripedes from Critical QQ, Anna from Too Many Annas, Deekow, and for kicks and giggles, BRK from Big Red Kitty because I know he just LOVES us Death Knigg….er Death Knights. <3

Anea tagged anyone who read her post,, who was tagged by Pixelated Executioner, who was tagged by Miss Elf, who was tagged by Eresin, who was tagged by Davlin, who was tagged by Harii who started this whole blasted thing.

Good lord, I think we just need to lump all these tags into one post itself! Anywho, here we go!

These are done in character. By both Ray and Syd.

1. What is your name and where did it come from?

Raydis: I was named after my great-great grandfather, the great Paladin Raydis Ravencraft. He proved his worth in many battles against many a damned soul who would topple the kingdom.
Sydril: Sydril raises an emerald eyebrow.
You told me you were named after your grandmother’s favorite horse. When you were alive at least.
Raydis glares at Sydril.
Although it could have been that dwarven ale you had. I, on the other hand, was given my name at random from my parents. Not really any special meaning other than the excuse to call me Syd.

2. How old are you and what is your birthday?

Raydis: Before my….unfortunate…demise, I was nearing the age of 29. I no longer remember my birthday as it no longer has any meaning to me.
Sydril: I’ve lost count over the many years. I think I’m somewhere near 100.
Ray: Stifles a laugh. Getting up there, aren’t we?
Syd: growls at Ray. Don’t make me get Jack to sit on you. Again.
Ray: Please, that overgrown gecko couldn’t harm a flea.

3. Are you in love and with whom?

Ray: ….looks away with almost a painful glance. No. Not anymore.
Syd: Shows some concern, knowing Ray’s past. I love all my companions as if they were my own kin.

4. What is your favorite mount and why?

Ray: Grins proudly. My magnificent steed, who was named Jack before that ridiculous lizard came to be. Although his body is that of a New Avalon steed, his spirit is of my faithful mount who bravely attempted to carry me off the field of battle.
Syd: I love my kitty, Thane. Not only can he carry me around, but he can also tear your throat out.
Ray: Holds his face in the palm of his hand.

5. Do you prefer a certain type of Azerothian meal and where do you get it from?

Both: Fish Feast.

6. You know those giant mushrooms in Zangarmarsh? What is your theory on how they came to be and why are they so huge?

Ray: Whatever made them grow so big doesn’t matter. It was traipsing through that muggy, wet, and all around disgusting bog for days searching for a FLOWER that made it unbearable. Folds his arms across his chest and harumphs.
Syd: Giggles at poor Ray. I believe the Orcs and they’re shamanistic magics had something to do with it. Before they decided to, you know, kill everything.

7. If you saw the Lich King walking toward you, what would you do?

Ray: Eyes darken. That bastard will pay for what he’s done to me. Because of him I cannot rest peacefully as I should have. Be it one man or a thousand men, I will be on the forefront to drive my sword through his frozen heart.
Syd: And I shall be there along with him.

Now, if you actually read that through, I now tag YOU! Bahaha!

Masterfully done, Cider. Also, shame on WoW Insider for one not only calling this a “kill shot movie” but not giving credit where credit was due before the community said anything about it. This is NOT a kill shot movie by ANY means.