{"id":104,"date":"2010-05-14T17:24:20","date_gmt":"2010-05-15T03:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loqualityproducts.com\/blogs\/lqwow\/?p=104"},"modified":"2010-05-17T13:15:46","modified_gmt":"2010-05-17T23:15:46","slug":"lo-quality-warrior-wow-karma-does-exist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loqualityproducts.com\/blogs\/lqwow\/?p=104","title":{"rendered":"Lo-Quality Warrior: Wow, Karma Does Exist."},"content":{"rendered":"

As I said in my last post, I had agreed to give the Shaft of Glacial Ice <\/a>he had won over to our druid tank.\u00c2\u00a0 Both of us had a Lupine Longstaff<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0equipped, so all things being equal, it made more sense for him to have it.\u00c2\u00a0 Took me awhile to track him down but I did hand it over.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The raid leader was also nice enough to contact me and thank me as well.\u00c2\u00a0 Although I did tell him that that staff better drop again.\u00c2\u00a0 He said we probably will since it does look like we can take Rotface down in heroic mode.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

But why is this a Warrior post?\u00c2\u00a0 Well, after I traded the staff, I was told we would be doing the weekly raid quest\u00c2\u00a0which was Razorscale.\u00c2\u00a0 Now my hunter actually had last weeks weekly quest which was Marrowgar and had turned it in.\u00c2\u00a0 So I asked if I could instead\u00c2\u00a0bring my Warrior and they said it was alright.<\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a0Now, I have never done Ulduar on my Warrior.\u00c2\u00a0 And it had been a long time since I did it on my Hunter.\u00c2\u00a0 But I figured it was some extra emblems and maybe something good will drop.\u00c2\u00a0 Of course, being my alt that I rarely play, and being comperatively undergeared(even other people’s alts were in the 5000 gearscore range while I was barely over 3000), who knows how well I’d do.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

Actually, if this was months ago when Ulduar was the “big raid”, my Warrior’s gear would barely qualify.\u00c2\u00a0 Also, there’s a big difference going from a ranged dps to a melee dps.\u00c2\u00a0 (It would have been laughable if I even tried to do anything as a tank.)\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

So first off, as always, was Flame Leviathan.\u00c2\u00a0 I jumped in as the gunner of a Demolisher.\u00c2\u00a0 I figured that with my lower gear score, being a gunner with a lower vehicle dps would be better than a driver with a lower vehicle hp.\u00c2\u00a0 The fight was REALLY quick.\u00c2\u00a0 I think it did one target change and died shortly thereafter.\u00c2\u00a0 So naturally my Warrior ended up with the Shutout (10 player)<\/a> achievement.<\/p>\n

Next was Razorscale, where I managed to disconnect just as the fight started.\u00c2\u00a0 Although it took me a couple of minutes to get back in, fortunately I was still alive, despite standing in the middle of some flames.\u00c2\u00a0 The healers probably was wondering why I was being so stupid.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

Actually the whole group was a little disjointed.\u00c2\u00a0 For instance, we didn’t have anyone on the harpoons!\u00c2\u00a0 Finally someone ran and activated them and we were able to ground Razorscale without her returning to the air.\u00c2\u00a0 Again, we blasted through her and I got my A Quick Shave (10 player)<\/a> achievement.<\/p>\n

Normally we would have called it here since it was the weekly target, but the raid leader decided we’ll just continue on for the heck of it since we weren’t going to do ICC regardless.\u00c2\u00a0 So it was off to XT-002 next.\u00c2\u00a0 And since we were so overpowered, we did it in “hard” mode.<\/p>\n

This actually was the first fight where the difference between me being ranged and me being melee really hit home.\u00c2\u00a0 Normally, as my hunter, I’m on the edges so that if I get the Gravity Bomb<\/a> or light bomb it’s easy to get away from everyone.\u00c2\u00a0 As melee, I’m right in the thick of things, so the one time I did get gravity bomb placed on me, I had to immediately disengage and run, or in this case slowly saunter, away from the group.\u00c2\u00a0 I also wasn’t responsible for the scrapbots and boombots as I usually would be on my hunter.<\/p>\n

So that fight went well.\u00c2\u00a0 We initiated hard mode, which surprised a few people because they didn’t realize that XT-002 would go back to full health at the start of it.\u00c2\u00a0 But we did it and my warrior nabbed the Nerf Gravity Bombs (10 player)<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0and Heartbreaker (10 player)<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0achievements, the later of which I never even got on my hunter!\u00c2\u00a0 I also picked up the Magnetized Projectile Emitter<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n

Ignis was next.\u00c2\u00a0 Fortunately, I never got plopped in the slag pot since I think I had even less hp than some of the spellcasters.\u00c2\u00a0 Either way, he went down easily and I got my Stokin’ the Furnace (10 player)<\/a> and The Siege of Ulduar (10 player)<\/a> achievements.\u00c2\u00a0 I also won the Drape of Fuming Anger<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n

Kologarn was our next target.\u00c2\u00a0 This time we decided to try for the With Open Arms (10 player)<\/a> achievement by just attacking his torso.\u00c2\u00a0 What we didn’t\u00c2\u00a0think about was our normal aoe attacks, like\u00c2\u00a0my Whirlwind<\/a>, which did enough\u00c2\u00a0splash damage that we took out Kologarn’s right arm about 15 seconds before we took out his torso.\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 But that was alright, because I walked away with the Stoneguard<\/a> and Shoulderguards of the Solemn Watch<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At this point, some of the other guys started joking that “we didn’t know this was a equip Key run”.\u00c2\u00a0 (Short for Keyalnon, my hunter, who I’m usually on as when I run with them.)\u00c2\u00a0 But like I said, my gearscore was almost 2000 less than anyone elses, I really was the only one who wanted the stuff anyway!<\/p>\n

Auriaya was the next boss we faced.\u00c2\u00a0 Again, a relatively quick and easy fight, netting us the Crazy Cat Lady (10 player)<\/a> achievement.\u00c2\u00a0 And everyone started snickering when I ended up with the Chestplate of Titanic Fury<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 The raid leader said “man you must be lucky that all this plate keeps dropping.”\u00c2\u00a0 My response?\u00c2\u00a0 “It’s karma for giving up the stick!”\u00c2\u00a0 I should have realized it when I rolled 100 on a greed roll for one of the earlier items and the only other roll was a 1!\u00c2\u00a0 Too bad I could just stock that karma for a rainy day…<\/p>\n

Hodir was next.\u00c2\u00a0 This fight I actually got killed when I got hit by the Freeze<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0attack, holding me in place long enough for an Icicle<\/a> attack to kill me.\u00c2\u00a0 Stil netted me the I Have the Coolest Friends (10 player)<\/a> achievement.\u00c2\u00a0 And to add to things, I ended up with the Leggings of the Wayward Protector<\/a> and Stormedge<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thorim was next up.\u00c2\u00a0 Normally, as my hunter, I’m part of the\u00c2\u00a0gauntlet group.\u00c2\u00a0 This time I was placed in the Arena group.\u00c2\u00a0 So I wasn’t quite sure what to expect but it wasn’t too bad.\u00c2\u00a0 We did have our first complete wipe here, the gauntlet group got wiped out, mainly because the off-tank in there hadn’t been around when Ulduar was being run and didn’t quite know the mechanics of the fight.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

Second time around was smooth sailing.\u00c2\u00a0 I picked up the I’ll Take You All On (10 player)<\/a> achievement.\u00c2\u00a0 And as usual for the night, I also picked up the Spaulders of the Wayward Protector<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 I was starting to feel slightly guilty at this point and had to remind myself that karma dictated that I get it!<\/p>\n

Freya was the next boss and we planned on doing it in hard mode.\u00c2\u00a0 Unfortunately, at some point, two of our other dps had dropped out.\u00c2\u00a0 I did offer to switch back to my hunter but they said to just stay on my warrior for this one.\u00c2\u00a0 Wasn’t enough and we wiped.<\/p>\n

So we decided to take down one of the\u00c2\u00a0elders and try again.\u00c2\u00a0 Nope, didn’t work that time either.\u00c2\u00a0 Then we dropped another elder, figuring we could at least get the Knock on Wood (10 player)<\/a> achievement.\u00c2\u00a0 Nada.\u00c2\u00a0 At this point, it was getting late but we figured we came this far.\u00c2\u00a0 So we took out the last elder and then burned Freya down.\u00c2\u00a0 Unfortunately, this time it was cloth items and the Gloves of the Wayward Vanquisher<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0that dropped.\u00c2\u00a0 Just as well, I probably was pushing my luck as it was.<\/p>\n

So, for giving up my heroic staff, I got something like 9 achievements, some of which my hunter doesn’t even have, and about 8 drops.\u00c2\u00a0 Not a bad exchange rate.\u00c2\u00a0 Still means that my warrior is undergeared but it wasn’t quite as bad as before.\u00c2\u00a0 Her dps is still low, a mixture of poor gear and the fact that I still don’t quite “know” how to play her correctly.\u00c2\u00a0 At least I managed to out dps the off-tank and the healers, although the main tank smoked me…<\/p>\n

At least now I feel I can take my Warrior into most 5-man instances without worrying that I’ll be highly undergeared.\u00c2\u00a0 And the fact that she is dual-speced makes gearing up both builds a bit of a chore but I guess I’ll see what I can do with it.\u00c2\u00a0 That is, in between my regular raiding of my hunter, leveling my death knight and paladin, and gearing up my rogue and mage.\u00c2\u00a0 There’s always something else to do, isn’t there?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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