Welcome to Drenden

So Hip and I moved to Drenden last night so we could play with our friends and WoW did we get a warm reception.

Some observations:

DcOE has the coolest looking shaman ever!
TJ now has some slight competition with her harassment of BRK.
Doomilias is still kinda skinny and transparent.
BRK still logs off too early.
Brigin is still the nicest guy in all of WoW.
Stehpi is the only Druid I know that signals Batman.
Heimdal is upset about me damning the internet.

It's the return of the Dwarf all. Expect more from Herk tho. I will be posting again soon.

Thanks to Aetherian Circle for a warm reception and the Slaag kill.

Also, my new updates will be for the dreaded Epic mount grind. I will be sending BRK an email about how he got his epic and see if he has any tricks.

Cloth armor?!

So I made a mage too.

I will not be writing a blog about mages... cuz I suck... a lot.

However, I am having a blast playing the mage with my wife's priest. Anyone have any goo mage advise?

I went Fire... I like it >.<

Anyone else play this odd class out there?

Outland

Hey all,

I made it to Outland at lv 58. I made 59 in no time and am almost 60. Still no instance running on this toon tho. I was thinking Ramparts has nice gear! I can tank! Then... I realized all my 1h skills are at around the 150 range... SON OF A !

So I will be working on that for a bit. Remember warriors... Intelligence helps you level weapons faster so get a scroll or a handy dandy vending... er mage to give you Arcane Intellect. Also, I know on the PvP server we are of the 2H type but you can switch to Dual Wield for the sake of leveling and I mean just use dual... do NOT go and respec just to level weapons.

I find that I have died more in Hellfire than the entirety of 1-58... Makes me angry... ah well. Back to leveling :)

Levels 32-38

Here we go again!

Level 32

Battle Shout	Rank 4

10 Rage
Instant
The warrior shouts, increasing the melee attack power of all party members within 20 yards by 85. Lasts 2 min.


Upgrade!!! Always on right?

Berserker Rage

Instant	30 sec cooldown

Requires Berserker Stance
The warrior enters a berserker rage, becoming immune to Fear and Incapacitate effects and generating extra rage when taking damage. Lasts 10 sec.

New and fun!!! Tap this against Locks for those fear times!! Does anyone know if this works on Rogue's locks? I need to find out. Also, remember the trick with Challenging Shout and Retaliate? Tap this then too :)

Execute	Rank 2

15 Rage	5 yd range

Instant
Requires Melee Weapon
Requires Battle Stance, Berserker Stance
Attempt to finish off a wounded foe, causing 200 damage and converting each extra point of rage into 6 additional damage. Only usable on enemies that have less than 20% health.


Upgrade!!

Hamstring	Rank 2

10 Rage	5 yd range

Instant
Requires Melee Weapon
Requires Battle Stance, Berserker Stance
Maims the enemy, causing 18 damage and slowing the enemy's movement by 45% for 15 sec.

Upgrade!!

Heroic Strike	Rank 5

15 Rage	5 yd range

Next melee
Requires Melee Weapon
A strong attack that increases melee damage by 58 and causes a high amount of threat.

Upgrade!!

Shield Bash	Rank 2

10 Rage	5 yd range

Instant	12 sec cooldown

Requires Shields
Requires Battle Stance, Defensive Stance
Bashes the target with your shield for 18 damage. It also interrupts spellcasting and prevents any spell in that school from being cast for 6 sec.

Upgrade!!

Level 34

Demoralizing Shout	Rank 3

10 Rage
Instant
Reduces the melee attack power of all enemies within 10 yards by 70 for 30 sec.

Upgrade!!

Revenge	Rank 3

5 Rage	5 yd range

Instant	5 sec cooldown

Requires Melee Weapon
Requires Defensive Stance
Instantly counterattack an enemy for 118 damage and a high amount of threat. Revenge must follow a block, dodge or parry.

Upgrade!!

Sunder Armor	Rank 3

15 Rage	5 yd range

Instant
Requires Melee Weapon
Sunders the target's armor, reducing it by 270 per Sunder Armor and causes a high amount of threat. Can be applied up to 5 times. Lasts 30 sec.

Upgrade!!


Level 36

Mocking Blow	Rank 3

10 Rage	5 yd range

Instant	2 min cooldown

Requires Melee Weapon
Requires Battle Stance
A mocking attack that causes 46 damage, a moderate amount of threat and forces the target to focus attacks on you for 6 sec.

Upgrade!!


Whirlwind
25 Rage

Instant	10 sec cooldown

Requires Melee Weapon
Requires Berserker Stance
In a whirlwind of steel you attack up to 4 enemies within 8 yards, causing weapon damage to each enemy.

Oh yeah!!! Slim-Jim time!!! Stance dance we love you... time to set up your tool bar to switch out between taping this when it is ready to go and you have enough rage. You can basically stay in Zerk for as long as your health lasts. However, it may not be the best idea when smacking around 2-3 mobs. But! Switching aka Stance Dancing is. You flip to Zerk build the rage.... tap WW and switch back to Battle. This does NOT hit totems... I know... it does suck!

Level 38

Pummel Rank 1 10 Rage 5 yd range Instant 10 sec cooldown Requires Berserker Stance Pummel the target for 20 damage. It also interrupts spellcasting and prevents any spell in that school from being cast for 4 sec.

Sweet Monkeys!! Nothing is as fun as taking away those damn casts from the casters. This however will NOT work against the pally bubble. Also, DO NOT try to Pummel an Instant cast. Wait until you see a cast bar and use it then. You can try this out on mobs to get the PvP feel for it.

Slam Rank 2 15 Rage 5 yd range 1.5 sec cast Requires Melee Weapon Slams the opponent, causing weapon damage plus 43.

Upgrade!!!

Thunder Clap	Rank 4

20 Rage

Instant	4 sec cooldown

Requires Battle Stance, Defensive Stance
Blasts nearby enemies increasing the time between their attacks by 10% for 22 sec and doing 55 damage to them. This ability causes additonal threat and will affect up to 4 targets.

Upgrade!! and I am still a big fan of the Thunderclap!

Level 30

Berserker Time!

Berserker Stance

Instant	1 sec cooldown

An aggressive stance. Critical hit chance is increased by 3% and all damage taken is increased by 10%.

So after a small quest you get Berserker stance. You will eventually get some abilities that are UBER useful in this stance but for now be happy with the +3 Crit and pay attention to the fact that you take more damage while in this stance.

Cleave	Rank 2

20 Rage	5 yd range

Next melee
Requires Melee Weapon
A sweeping attack that does your weapon damage plus 10 to the target and his nearest ally.


Upgrade! Remember this is great for the Arms warriors who aren't Fury at this point. Why aren't you Fury? Oh yeah, you play on a PvP server and you just got this quest called

The Windwatcher!

You get this quest from your class trainer. Now remember, you must have already done the quest for Zerk stance before you can get this.

Why do we do this quest?

For this

Whirlwind Axe
Binds when picked up

Two-Hand	Axe

102 - 154 Damage	Speed 3.60

(35.6 damage per second)
+15 Strength
+14 Stamina
Durability 100 / 100
Classes: Warrior

This weapon will turn you from Fury to Arms. If you have friends or a guild that can help you farm the mats and get it at 30... DO IT! This weapon is nice and can easily last 10 levels.

Moving along

we come to

Death Wish
10 Rage

Instant	3 min cooldown

When activated, increases your physical damage by 20% and makes you immune to Fear effects, but increases all damage taken by 5%. Lasts 30 sec.

I love this one! You charge in, switch to Zerk, mash this button and bam... more DPS. I usually do this when first going into multiple mobs. However, I have been known to activate when I am as close to death as the mob is. For those Fury warriors on bosses... well you get the pic... if you aren't tanking and he ain't AoEing you use this.

Intercept	Rank 1

10 Rage	8-25 yd range

Instant	30 sec cooldown

Requires Berserker Stance
Charge an enemy, causing 25 damage and stunning it for 3 sec.

Charge for when you are in combat!! Woot!! Only works in Zerk stance. Charge Dmg and Stun... I like it... it is the bane of that damn blinking. rooting, frost trapping type. I am not sure where I heard it but "If I Intercept before the Mage blinks... I've lost." <<< 90% true statement.

Rend	Rank 4

10 Rage	5 yd range

Instant
Requires Melee Weapon
Requires Battle Stance, Defensive Stance
Wounds the target causing them to bleed for 66 damage plus an additional [0.04458 * ((MWB + mwb) / 2 + AP / 14 * MWS)] (based on weapon damage) over 18 sec.

Upgrade!!! You know the drill.

Slam	Rank 1

15 Rage	5 yd range

1.5 sec cast
Requires Melee Weapon
Slams the opponent, causing weapon damage plus 32.

One of the most controversial things in the Warrior's repertoire is Slam. I like it... it's on my cast bar. It is used for SLOW 2H when you need to speed things up or max out dmg with 2h weapons. This skill really requires it's own post so I will stop here.

Now then...

Welcome to Arms grinding!

Sweeping Strikes
30 Rage

Instant	30 sec cooldown

Requires Battle Stance
Your next 5 melee attacks strike an additional nearby opponent.

You charge 2-3 mobs and kick this guy in. You follow the same ole pattern I have outlined except instead of that first MS you tap this and go from there.

Good hunting!