My Fingers Hurt

My fingers Hurt

Just what the title says. I've been knitting hats all week long for presents using my DPNs. The tips of my fingers are sore and my left hand is cramping. Right now I'm taking a break to let my hands rest. I've still got two last hats to make. I know I'll finish one on time, but it's mate is going to be late I can tell. I'm not too happy about giving these two gifts late. Sadly there's nothing that can be done about it. I knit too slowly to get them done on time. Damn it! luckily I do have a present to give until the second hat is done and I can give the the both of them to their recipients at the same time. At least now I know how long it will take me to get small projects done so I can plan for future gifts. well time to go relax for a bit and then back to the grind of knitting another hat. Cheers mates.

Early Yuletide Celebrations

Early Yuletide Celebrations

Today I went to the Shabby Sheep to stop in for the holiday party as well as to pick up yarn and needles to make presents. Busy as to be expected and warm and cozy. Aside from it being very cold and windy out you would have never know that stepping into the shop. The more people crammed in there the hotter it became. Everyone was in great spirits though. Upon seeing one of my favorite staffers I was given the great surprise of being informed I was getting a copy of a much desired pattern in a sold out magazine. She had spotted a stack of copies laying on a shelf in a local bookstore and grab up the remaining ones to give as gifts. I have been trying to get my hands on that issue since October. It's a very coveted edition. People are selling it on EBay for a ton of money. The Koolhaas hat pattern is going to be everywhere this winter but I don't care because I'll get to be apart of the madness with the beautiful ball of yarn I have for my very own Koolhaas. Sadly I have to wait to make it until I get at least "My Giant's" and "The Hobbit's" presents done. I'm cutting it very close on their gifts. I hope I can finish them in time.

I really need to find someone who can take pictures for me of all the crap I've blogged about but can't put up yet. Once I've given it all away I can throw up images of it all. Well back to knitting. Cheers mates.

A Sad Day

A Sad Day

I’ve been trying to decide what to do about my Blood Elf Retribution Paladin. I made it to level seventy at last, but as a Ret Pally no one wants to take me along on instance runs. The only way to obtain gear is to PvP for a set; which I hate. Then that will help me become geared to run the many instances for better gear, which will in turn allow me to run instances to get an actual set of Ret Armor with bonuses. Talk about a pain in the ass!

After a month of debating I finally came to a decision. It took being kicked out of an instance group for the third time this week for me not being Holy to take action. My Ret Pally left the guild. I am no longer going to play her. I’ll use her to farm and occasionally PvP on, but I will no longer work on quests and instance her for gear. There is no point in playing Ret until Blizzard decides to increase the damage I do to make me accepted in groups.

I really love playing Ret for some dumb reason. I’ve learned how to play it well and enjoy the dynamics even though I can’t do much damage since it takes me longer to kill creatures compared to other players. I would say I can play my Ret Pally just about as well as I did my old Warlock; which I was great at for those wondering. Now only if my Pally actually did some damage!

I have created a new Holy Paladin to level from the ground up. This was in response to so many fucking people in and out of my guild telling me to re-specialize and go Holy. Fuck them! I love my Ret Pally. I have spent too much time farming her gear and getting Trinket, Rings, and Necklaces to re-spec her and start with nothing. Besides I am a crappy healer. I’d rather start over with a clean slate and actually learn to heal rather than learning on the spot in dungeons.

I was really surprised by the Guild Master’s reaction. He wanted me to re-spec Holy and he’d teach my how to heal properly. Let’s face it; I already have taken up enough of his wife’s time trying to farm gear. I don’t need to take up his time which is even more valuable by having him teach me healing aspects. I’ll just take the fucking in the arse by starting over again. It’s not the first or last time I’ll get screwed over by this game.

So here we are again at level one. It sucks big time but I can at least play a character that people will want to play with. It was the choice of a Healadin or Tankadin. I ain’t no fucking tank, so I chose healer. Yes, I am actually going to level the hard way by spec’ing Holy from the start. It will be a bitch, but at least I’ll be wanted on runs and pick up good gear. Which means I’ll be running everything a million times to get plate as well as cloth healing gear. She is in the guild now and I don’t know if anyone actually knows who she is. Oh well, maybe one day Ret will get the boost it needs and I’ll go back to playing the spec I started with.

I also created a Tankadin, but I don’t know how much play she will get. I think the Tankadin has some rally cool features, but until I can get my new main up and running at seventy she will have to be put on the back burner.

So in conclusion, I have given up on my favorite Ret Pally in favor of playing a Healadin; who is actually wanted in instances and that I can gear easily. It was either start over, or to leave the game entirely. Which I almost did but couldn’t bring myself to do. Well I better get back to playing; I have several more months of playing this damn game the hard way ahead of me. Cheers mates!

I'm Defying Gravity

I'm Defying Gravity

Thanks to the Guild Master's wife, who let me borrow some gold, I was able to purchase my ridding skill and a flying mount today. I'll have to quest enough to pay her back. She also helped me get the last pieces to my Karazhan Key. Now all I have to do is get some better gear before I can raid with them. Sadly this means I have to PvP. I hate PvP! I totally suck at it. This is the only way to get decent Pally gear so I can step inside Kara with my fellow guilders. All this time I've refused to PvP because I hate it and now I need to so I can get gear that within the next month I'll be replacing. Ugh! I swear everytime I think I'm getting somewhere in the game, I find out somewhere along the way I fucked up or was screwed somehow. Ever since I've started back over, I have had one hell of an uphill battle. This is one steep hill I'm climbing and it never gets any easier. Once I reach the top, I only find myself on a plateau looking up at another hill to climb. Ugh! Well I need sleep. I've been pulling all nighters all week long, averaging a few hours here and there. I feel like crap. I'm going to crash. Nite. Cheers mates!

It's Good to be 70

It's Good to be 70

Woo hoo! I finally made it to level seventy on my Blood Elf Paladin. It's about freaking time! I'm so happy that all I can do is grin about it. It has been a major pain in the ass to have to start all over again and try to catch up to everyone in the guild. I still have a ways to go before I'll be where guilders are at the moment. There is always something to continue striving for in this freaking game. Ugh! Sometimes it seems that I'll never catch up when I keep having to add another thing to do on my to do list to catch up. But at least I don't have to worry anymore about leveling up on this toon. Now it's about finishing quests, farming gold, armorsmithing, and getting better gear to raid in. It's bad enough Retribution Paladins don't do enough melee damage thanks to Blizzard, but I have the worst stats out of all the Ret Pallies I know. My Damage Per Second is shit! It also doesn't help that I'm wearing Protection Pally, Holy Pally, and Mail Armor gear. Sadly it's the best I've been able to pick up. Finding Ret gear to drop has been hard for me. Base stats are: Stamina/Strength, Agility, Intellect; with features: Critical Strike, Spell Damage, and Attack Power. I can always find one stat and feature, like for Hunters or Rogues, but never the right combination that Pally gear is supposed to have. Hopefully I can get more going that have better Ret gear drops. Well I'll talk to you later. Just wanted to share the good news about being level 70. Cheers mates!