Tag Archive: Ruby Sanctum

Quick Quip: So, I have a stream..

If you have been following my Twitter, you will probably have noticed my occasional spam for my guildie’s Justin.tv channel, where you can see us raiding. I decided I wanted to give it a go myself, for the fun of it, and to offer an alternative to the melee point of view on Stoke’s channel.

So I made a stream. I had it up during our Ruby Sanctum/ICC run tonight, and reached the staggering numbers of 30 viewers online at the same time. 30! Uhh. I guess it’s not bad for a first night of streaming. I will be putting it up whenever I feel like there is something worth showing – our raids, most likely, or if I am forumwhoring or making a blog post, and I want to give you a bit of insight to my “creative” writing process.

At the moment, the quality of the stream is “okay”. For a graphics whore like myself, “okay” is not good enough. Sure, it’s watchable, but its not nearly as good as I want it to be, but I need to figure out how to send in a higher quality without dropping too many frames. If anybody is a streaming wiz, let me know, I could use a hand to tweak the line.

Anyways, I hope you will stop by. 25 man raids are happening on thursdays, sundays and thuesdays, with the occasional 10 man raid on wednesdays, always between 20.00-00.00 CET (that’s Europe, guys!). I will post on Twitter if I am streaming outside of these times – like, when I’m blogging – and alternatively, you can follow my channel if you are often using Justin.tv. You can also see past broadcasts, so if you *really* want to see tonights Ruby Sanctum and ICC HC raid, you can find them in the archive.

Cheers! Check out my stream on justin.tv/Qieth!

Trinket Talk

Trinkets seems to be a big deal for everyone. Probably because they are so hard to come by. For each tier of raids, there are only a few trinkets to choose from, and there are a lot of people gunning for the upgrade, where as with other pieces of gear, there are usually alternatives that are, if not perfect, nearly as good.

So I thought it would be a good idea to compile a list of the most common trinkets, and my thoughts on them. I have excluded certain trinkets, those from Naxx and those dropping from the later parts of Ulduar, simply because these instances aren’t really that popular anymore, or because most random groups seem to crumble before you reach the boss that drops them. If you are still raiding Naxxramas and Ulduar on a regular basis, then no problem, but then your choice in trinkets is quite limited anyways.

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Ruby Sanctum Best In Slot

Patch 3.3.5 and The Ruby Sanctum is just about to hit, and it is probably a good time to take a look at the new items coming, and how they fit into our gear.

Before we do that, I want to try and make an important point. Best in slot lists are very discriminating. What I mean by that is that they asse that you have access to everything, normal and heroic, 10 an 25 man. If you don’t, the value of an item might change due yo caps and whatnot. Also, keep in mind that just because it is a best in slot list, it doesn’t mean that there isn’t alternatives out there. A good example is the Boots of Unnatural Growth. While they have spirit instead of haste, they are nearly as good as the Plague Scientist’s Boots.

An upgrade is an upgrade, so don’t go tunnelvision against these items in particular. If you an upgrade your stats with a nearly-as-good item, you should.

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Every week over on Blog Azeroth – a small community of World of Warcraft bloggers – a shared topic is announced every week. A topic that we can chip in on, if we are so inclined. And I am! This weeks topic asks us what we do to prepare ourselves for Cataclysm.

First of all, I still think that Cataclysm is many months away. It is difficult to really gauge when Blizzard might push it out, and there are tons of different factors: How long can they keep people entertained with the current content available in World of Warcraft? There are still plenty of people going through Icecrown Citadel, and Ruby Sanctum is coming as well. I’d say a few more months, at least, would be in order.

At this point, we would be relatively close to Blizzcon, scheduled for October 22nd 2010. If Blizzard were to release Cataclysm before Blizzcon, then they might as well shut down the World of Warcraft hall. Unless they plan to reveil their next expansion – the one coming after Cataclysm – it seems unlikely that we will see Cataclysm on this side of Blizzcon. Blizzcon’s logo even shows Deathwing – alongside with Kerrigan and Diablo – and while Starcraft 2 will come out before Blizzcon, I doub that Cataclysm will.

So I am taking my time. I’m not stressing. That being said, I am making preperations and there are things I have to consider.

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