Life is like an exapansion pack

Life in the World of Warcraft can be really fun. There are a lot of things for us to do in game that can make the game very fun, but most of all there is one thing that can make the game even funner, as well as progressing to another level. When we reach the cap level we all want something more to the game to keep it interesting. One of the ways to keep the game interesting is to come out with the next expansion pack. Just what is an expansion pack you might be asking? Well I am about to share with you a link that I found on Wikipedia:

PvP Trinkets & "He Made Me Do It"

PvP Trinket

One item that a PvPer in WoW cannot live without (unless you're OP and rolled human) is the PvP trinket. Why you ask would this trinket be so important? It is because the trinket allows players to break CC (crowd control) abilities like fear, polymorphs, or stuns. Without this trinket you might find yourself at the mercy of warlock fears or mage sheeps!

I like the wording on the trinket's tooltip. It "...removes all movement impairing effects and all effects which cause loss of control of your character..."

Who are my friends?

You're in an intense Warsong Gulch right now and your beating off a ton of Alliance, you are getting ganked by a bunch of these Alliance noobs, and you're about to die, All of a sudden your enemies fall around you! You look over and see a Tauren warrior standing next to you.  You thank the warrior and in return make a new friend. In many cases playing WoW I have had the chance to make many new friends in the game. One of my best friends that I met while playing in the game is Jake. Jake and I have done a lot of Battlegrounds together as well as questing,instances,raids and in all just hanging out and talking,many times when we were in Battlegrounds I would heal him and then there were other times I would sacrifice myself in order for him to stay alive long enough to cap the flag in Warsong Gulch. In the Holy Bible we can read something very similar to what I did in WoW...

WTB Rez!

I remember vividly the time that I spent re-rolling a paladin. You see, back in those days, paladins still had to do a quest to get the spell "Redemption," which allows the player to resurrect (bring back to life) a player that is dead. Normally a player who has died would have to "corpse run" back to their bodies. This would place the character at the nearest graveyard, after which they would have to run back to their dead bodies in order to resurrect.

The spirit seperating from the body at the time of death is in fact a true principle...

Rested XP IRL

Do you see that purple leveling bar at the bottom of your (WoW) screen? Do you wish that it would go faster, and you could level quicker than normal? This might blow your mind, but if you logout in an inn or a major city that purple bar becomes blue! The blue bar means you gain more xp from questing and killing mobs!

Rested xp makes a lot of sense to me...

Be An Example Unto The Players/Believers

For just a moment I want you to take a minute and think about an old saying in life. "The FIRST IMPRESSION is a LASTING IMPRESSION." How true is that?  Many times when I was playing WoW I would always ask players for help or I would always ask questions about the game. Many times they would tell me that I needed to learn how to play (L2P.) So what did I do? I learned how to play the game! I watched other players and checked out their stats and what it was they did that was different from what I did...

"Cry Moar Scrub"

It seems that I've been writing quite a bit about WoW terms recently! Hopefully this does not disappoint anyone, but I feel the need to write about another. The term, as you can see from the title is "Cry Moar (More) Scrub". The term is quite straightforward, but the context of its use is quite particular to WoW. Say for example someone is getting ganked and wants help from other players. They'll spam chat and say, "HALP I IZ GETTING GANKED!"  The usual nice person (or RPer [role player{c wut i did ther?}]) would say "I will certainly come to thy aid kind sir and vanquish the Alliance scum, which are running rampant in yonder regions!" On the other hand any normal PVPer would say something like "Cry moar scrub! L2P (learn to play)!"  

Sympathy isn't meted out much in WoW, but players who respond with the phrase "Cry moar scrub" do have a point...

"GG No Re..."

GG

Oft times in both Starcraft  and WoW I have heard the phrase "gg" (good game). Although not necessarily exclusive to Blizzard games, I would have to say that I have heard it most within these. It may come as a congratulations after a duel, after a boss goes down, or after a character levels up. The expression that I wanted to write about today is very similar to the phrase gg.

The phrase "gg no re" emphasizes that what just transpired was in fact a good game, but that there will be no rematch. Imagine for a second that you just started a new character in WoW...

Listening to the Party leader and Christ

In World of Warcraft you can do some really fun instance runs. What are instance runs you might be asking? well let me share with you a definition that I found on WoW Wiki:

                                                     

"Dungeons, keeps, and other confined areas can have sub-areas called instances (aka instance dungeons). These instances are special areas in the World of Warcraft where your group or raid party is able to interact with a dungeon privately; that is, without interference from other parties or raids. It is also a respite from the global PvP environment on a PvP server. The term instance has been often conflated and interchanged with the term dungeon.
Instance dungeons tend to feature the most difficult and rewarding content, both in terms of enemies and items, but also in terms of level design. Most mobs inside the instance are elite, with the exception of some mobs, and perform well above their level. Instances feature multiple bosses, all with special abilities and immunities. Getting through an instance normally requires a well-trained and well-balanced group of players who are of an appropriate level for the challenge.
Lower level instances can be soloed by a higher level character. While an interesting challenge, the drops will not be particularly useful anymore. (although you could just sell the items you get, or trade the non-soulbound ones to players who need them and have gold to pay for it)"

So basically as it explains you can get neat gears, and experience for your players. Now to every good instance run there is what we call a Party Leader...

Raiding Part Two: He Can Heal Us

Holy Paladin Healer

Another key addition to any group is a healer.  Healers are players that use spells to keep players alive when they are taking damage. Quite literally without a healer everyone dies! Before Cataclysm, healing was comparative to playing whack-a-mole. Healers would stare at the raid or group bars, and keep everyone healed to full, literally whacking them with heals in the same way that you whack those pesky moles with that padded hammer in whack-a-mole. Although I haven't had the opportunity to experience Cataclysm play I have heard it said that healing has changed quite a bit. Instead of the whack-a-mole play style, healing has become a bit more personal. Healers are now asked to chose their heals carefully, and use the right heal at the right time. Full health bars are a thing of the past, but with a good healer we will all stay alive!

Throughout life, we all make mistakes, which cause us to be in need of a good healer...

Raiding With Jesus Part One: Meet the Tank

WoW Paladin Tank

If you expect to make it through a dungeon in World of Warcraft without constantly dieing, it is vital for your group to have a good tank. For those that are less familiar with the game, a tank  is very similar to a tank outside of the game. It is one of the first things that gets shot at (because its a very big threat), and it has a bunch of armor to go through for it to be hurt. Tanks take the hits for the rest of the group, so that others don't have to worry about getting roflstomped. The tanking classes in WoW are warriors, paladins, druids, and death knights. Within a usual 5-man group there will also be a healer, and three dps (these will be addressed in later parts of the series). 


Tanks literally take upon themselves the physical ailments of those they serve and group with...