Entrapment Tuesday

I am going to try this. Every Tuesday, while Blizzard™ is doing whatever it is they do while the servers are down, I am going to drop a post on my feelings for the week and what might be coming up when the servers return to active status. So here would be my maiden voyage, so to speak. My thoughts since patch 3.3 last week...

First of all, Totems. Are the troll and orc totems cool or what? I particularly like the troll totems.


I have a level 75 orc shaman but i think i like the troll ones better. So i rolled a troll just for fun. Leveling is easy these days so it might be fun to run this toon up. I still intend to get that 75 orc to 80. So, like many people, i am not quitting WoW anytime soon. I still enjoy my 80 hunter and lately i have really been enjoying my dwarf paladin. Very fun. Speaking of dwarfs, WoW.com posted finished art for dwarf shaman totems. Projected to be released in the Cataclysm expansion.



Now that will be cool.

Secondly. This latest patch released a new dungeon finder. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this new finder. I have gotten numerous groups thru this finder and the groups are good. There is a voting system to drop unwanted players from the group. It helps if you think you may have a ninja on your hands, Just last night i was on my paladin doing Slave Pens (he's level 66 now) and there was a DPS druid rolling with us. There was a defense/stamina cloak that dropped off of one of the bosses and this druid rolled need against our tank. Said she it was better than the one she had. But everyone knows you pass on that or roll disenchant and let the tank have it, especially if the tank rolled need. Anyway, we voted her out and there was a death knight ready to go. Easy finish and no more QQ after that. So use the new dungeon finder. You'll love it.

Thirdly, and certainly could not be further from the least, the very name of the patch. The Fall of the Lich King. I have done the Forge of Souls with my hunter but have not progressed beyond that yet. Maybe this weekend. But here is a look at Icecrown Citadel. There was a great staff that dropped from the last boss. And i got it. It's called the Tower of the Mouldering Corpse. Sweet staff. Is it for hunters, i don't know but it got me almost to my hit cap and improved my DPS by a large margin.

Well, these are just some of my thoughts on last weeks patch. One more thing to mention is the new map system. It's a lot like QuestHelper. A very good addon, but you don't need that addon now. The in-game map system shows you right where to go for quest objectives and sports a large multi-paned window that shows the quest text and a separate pane for the rewards. Check it out.

Lastly, this weeks maintenance promises the Winter Veil holiday event. Very good time for throwing snowballs and disguising yourself as a snowman. These are the things that keep geeks like me playing and paying that subscription. LOL. It's worth it to me.

Until next week. Look at these fun things i have mentioned until the servers come back up and rock the Lich Kings robe off.