Comments on: Revisting Blackfathom Deeps

By: Chastity

Chastity — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:04:47 +0000

I was seriously considering a post along those very lines, because there are very few names left for Paladin Spells now.

I think we’re so far missing an Avenger’s Hammer, and … actually that’s about it.
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By: Cassandri

Cassandri — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:35:34 +0000

Hmm “hand of righteousness”. Someone ought to make a Paladin spell name generator.

First word:
Hand, Blessing, Seal, Judgement, Hammer… Touch… Kiss

Second word:
Of

Third word:
Righteousness, Sanctity, Devotion, Light, Salvation… Divinity?

No wonder it gets confusing.

By: Chastity

Chastity — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:18:33 +0000

I’m not sure but I’m pretty sure you get Hand of Righteousness at level 16. It’s something I really wished I’d had for those first forty or fifty levels when you can’t pull in instances.

I’d add that unlike every other Taunt in the game, the Pally Taunt deals not-insignificant Holy damage. One of my favourite games now is to run around low-level areas and call monsters names SO HARD THEY DIE.
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By: ultra

ultra — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:39:03 +0000

haha loved reading this one

By: Cassandri

Cassandri — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:09:41 +0000

@Chastity You’re so right about Exorcism… I don’t even have that on my main spell bar. I’ll have to take a look to find this taunt you mentioned. Perhaps I need to visit a Paladin Trainer.

@Vidyala Thank you for the compliments! I’m not entirely sure how the comments come out multi-coloured but I think it might have just been a built in feature of the template we’re using. Lath did modify the default colours to match the class colours for WoW, though.

Now if only I could add in a custom field in the comments section to allow readers to select their Character Class… then I could display their comment in the right colour. As long as like 5 Priests don’t all comment in a row it probably would look pretty cool!

By: Chastity

Chastity — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:53:32 +0000

FWIW Pallies can pull at lowish levels now with their exciting damage-dealing Taunt and the now-usable-on-anybody Exorcism. All of which came out long after my pally was 80

I really hate people who brag about their mains. It’s like that Avenue Q song My Girlfriend, Who Lives in Canada. “I wish you could see my main, my main who’s on another server…” If nothing else, how does your ability to faceroll your way to Triumph gear on Class A in any way give you the ability to play Class B at level 20? Much less to diagnose what would be the best hypothetical tank for a hypothetical instance run?

I kinda love BRD. It’s one of those old-school instances that feels like a place with stuff in it, instead of an instance designed conveniently to present you with linear encounters. It’s little things like the altar behind Gelihast, which gives you a buff which is almost completely useless, but seems to be there because it’s what you might expect to get from a Murloc shrine. And some of the trash pulls are genuinely hard.

I can’t understand the aversion to CC these days. It’s like people would rather wipe than pay attention. I am reminded of that line from the Simposons: “Son, you tried your best, and you failed. The moral is – never try.”
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By: Vidyala

Vidyala — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:56:11 +0000

That is a seriously awesome map/diagram. I know this is completely off-topic, but I think your blog is one of the nicest looking ones I read. I love the comments in different colours. I’m not sure if you or Lath (or both of you) take care of that, but I’ve always thought it looks great.

I agree; I’ll take a great group for BFD over a great group for Stocks any day. Fortunately for me, BFD is one of the few classic instances I ran enough at level to remember my way around – I get hopelessly lost in all the others (read: Gnomeregan.)
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By: Cassandri

Cassandri — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:52:14 +0000

@Cyn You’re absolutely right. I don’t think of myself as a Frost Mage at level 25. I am a Mage and I have cheaper-to-cast frost spells. I probably shouldn’t have labelled the Shaman in the party a Resto Shaman either. Although I intentionally chose not to apply spec labels to the priest, shaman and warrior.

I did do a run through of Gnomeregan the other day with a level 29 Mage who, after the first couple of pulls, told me not to cast Blizzard because it was too expensive in terms of mana, then tried to quiz me about my “spec”, presumably to offer advice or correct me for choosing wrong talents. He didn’t get the joke when I said I was 0/0/0, either.

By: Tam

Tam — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:47:34 +0000

Low level instances are *punishing* – I think they’re fun, but I don’t quite have the necessary bollocks to try them with people from the Sanity Tap. And this sounds like it would have infuriated me beyond all reason – I can’t believe people are bickering over warriors versus paladins in a level 23 instance. It’s crazy! And as for the priest who was afk, letting his little cousin play – what the hell?!
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By: Aleanathem

Aleanathem — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:04:41 +0000

This is so far the only instance I’ve wiped on my alt warrior while tanking. I’ve even done a Gnomergan run without a wipe. Doesn’t help she’s Arms spec for leveling. It was the first instance I ever tanked on my first druid. That place has a lot of memories. Thanks for the awesome map help!
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