Archive for January, 2009

Death Knight Cont… 2

Chad January 30th, 2009

So last night I was planning on leveling, but instead ended up spending most of my time world pvping. It all started, when I flew into Nagrand to do the “Ring of Blood” Quests. I wanted to finish my questing achievement in Nagrand. So once I zoned in, I gave a quick general chat to see if anyone wanted to party up to do the quest with me.

So a 67 Warrior was up for the task and him and I ran over to the Ring of Blood quest area. I got there before him as I’m on an epic flyer and there was a few horde there. 67-69 Hunter, Druid, DK. So I dropped down and ganked them all and waited for the warrior to catch up. (I like to make my dominance known before I start to do any questing, so people leave me alone.)

Once the warrior got into the area, those 3 horde I killed earlier jumped him. I ran over but not soon enough. So I killed them again and as I’m eating, I get jumped by 3 feral druids. I kill 2 of them and then made a huge noob mistake. I pressed ALT + Z and lost my UI. I normally unbind the key but forgot about it when I created the DK So the last one killed me when I had 75% of my health left. /lol

So now we are in bit of an issue as there are now 6 horde and both of us are dead. The warrior says screw this, I’ll brb and comes back with his 80 boomkin druid. I rez, he gives me a quick heal and we own all of the horde.

So we then start the Ring of Blood quests as I have to do it and with an 80 around, the horde started to run away. We get down to the last boss in the quest line when an 80 Pali drops down and starts to beat on me. /lol

We just snare the pali up, while I keep the last boss following me and I focus on the boss, while the druid kills the pali. The pali comes back and rez and tries to gank us again, during the fight he was casting a lot of heals, and the boomkin asked me. “Is he ret or holy?” I said /lol he’s HOLY! We both started to /laugh at him as I just let my pet beat on him. He then ran away after a little bit and the boomkin jumped on his warrior.

We then started the “Ring of Blood” quest again for his warrior and again, got down to the last boss when suddenly, I was taking 7k+ dmg and then died. I looked over and a 80 Druid had shown up and killed me and then killed the 67 warrior. So he jumps back on his boomkin again and we kill the horde druid. A few minutes later another 80 DK horde shows up and the real fun begins.

For the next hour the 80 Boomkin and I (72 Twink DK 14.6k HP + 2k AP) begin to own these (2) Horde. (80 DK & 80 Feral Druid) It was a blast and I love the comp Boomkin + DK, the burst is so high and I can’t wait for 80.

Death Knight Cont…

Chad January 29th, 2009

So last night, I didn’t get to play a whole lot. I was able to finish off my Blacksmithing & Engineering and crafted my Goggles and Belt Sockets. I’m now running 14.6k HP and boosted my crt% to ~19%.

I tested out Scourge Strike and was hitting 2500-2600 Crts not bad for 72 and my DPS is still through the roof. I’m not really happy with the build and I think I might drop SS again and go back to my Blood Strike spam.

My Blood Strike spam build @ 72 is: http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=jfV0sI00oZZfT0I0coxcq0fM

When I’m 80 my solo build might be:http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=jfV0qI0hoZZfT0I0coxcq0fcb

The AoE damage with wandering plague is ridiculous and with both blood strikes and death strikes 100% creating death runes. I’m able to spam any attack I need too when I need it. So normally my priority attack routine is:

Keep Plagues Up
Blood Strike Spam
Death Strike for Life
Rune Tap (Early) 30sec cool down so use it first thing
Death Pac & Resummon Ghoul when 50% HP
Mark of Blood if Death Pac is down
Icebound Fortitude at start and refresh when up
Death Coil before max RP and in between rune cool downs

Majority of my Damage is coming from Dots and this build is all about keeping those Dots up and steadily taking down the boss. Since my DoTs even @ 72 are ticking for 300+ damage ea. They are eating the bosses alive and all I have to do is outlast him, so with so much healing it’s not hard.

/Rolled Death Knight & Loving it!

Chad January 28th, 2009

So I’m a big wow fan and multi-box! If you’ve never heard of multi-boxing or dual boxing, it’s when you play more the 1 account at a time. I play 5 accounts at once and it tons of fun! But I have over 30 toons and way too many accounts, so I’m selling them off and just keeping my Paladin.

I love my Pali and can always level up new toons, instance leveling with my pali in a few days. So if you are into leveling toons always keep a level 70+ Pali on hand for instance grinding. Super fast leveling!

Now I decided to try out the new Death Knight class because they do what I love and that’s DPS + Self Heal! So far to me it’s like having a warrior with a priest in tow healing. There is zero downtime and I eat through mobs in a few hits.

Now I’ve never played a DK but the starting zone quests are super easy to follow with quest helper mod, but if you get suck like I did on that stupid flying eye quest. Just hop over to wowhead and search the quests name. It’s a great wow hot spot for any quest, items, etc… info.

55-58 was only a few hours and then I ran into outlands and started the zones I know all to well. Now at first the attack rotation took a little figuring out but once I got the feel for it, all I can says is “WOW”.

Now since I got so many toons, wow gold is not an issue for me. So I hit level 62 and then spent a day leveling my Blacksmithing to 400+ and Engineering to 420+ and started to upgrade my gear to Fel Iron Plate armor and 62 Epic goggles, I also made (2) of the Sonic Trinkets for 162 STA and 400+ AP and then used the Blacksmithing Sockets to socket my gloves and bracers. ;) Then using the new WOTLK Gems, I was able to use my meta socket @ 62! I had over 9k HP and laughed when people would try to gank me, even at one point, I had 3 = level guys team up on me and I was able to take them. (Using cool downs & Pot) That’s when I knew this class is for me!

I’m currently level 72 and only about 2 days played so far and tonight, I’m going to be leveling my Blacksmithing to 420+ getting the belt socket and getting my 72 Epic goggles. I’ve tried many different builds up to this point and it seems that a mix Unholy/Blood is best. If you are into doing everything solo, then this so far seems to be a much stronger class then a Pali.

Last night was proof in my belief that I’m going to be able to solo much more with a DK then a pali. Last night, I took down the level 70 Elite Dragon Quest Boss that flys over Shadowmoon on that small island. I don’t remember the name of the quest, but he had 120K HP and is a 5 man Group Quest Boss.

I was only level 71 @ the time and didn’t have mark of blood yet, but using Rune Tap, a good death strike rotation and cool downs, I was able to take him down on my first attempt. Considering, the last time, I fought him I was 5 boxing and had (4) Ele Shamans and (1) Pali tank. The fight was a tad bit longer but was just about as easy. The damage and self healing is very impressive with the DK and I can’t want to hit 80!

Congratulations Snowy935 on winning “Most Trusted Trader”

Chad January 28th, 2009

Congrats Jim “Snowy935” on winning the coveted MarkeeDragon award for 2009 “Most Trusted Trader”!

For those of you that are not familiar with MarkeeDragon.com, it’s a forums site that started over 10 years ago that’s focused on online games and virtual goods. They are one of the pioneers in the virtual goods or RMT industry and winning the award is a great achievement.

Jim has been the top accounts dealer on MD for a couple years now and the top rated guy with over 150 positive reviews. So I’m really glad to see you won this award and you got my vote!

EpicMMO Blog is ONLINE

Chad January 28th, 2009

We have now launched our blog and will keep you updated with everything going on with EpicMMO. We’ll be listing new accounts added to the site, news, events, etc…