Hail Lords and Ladies,
Tis I, Bloodgarde, returning once again from my adventures in the frozen north...
Ok so no, I am not going to write a whole post in a roleplay style... yet. Some may have noticed that I have been absent the last two weeks. Id honestly like to tell you about the great reason for my absence, but truth be told Ive just been lazy. Now that that is out of the way, let me give you a quick run down of what I have been up to in the last two weeks.
Nax - My Guild has gone from 5/15 to 8/15. We have spider down, plague down, Patch in 3.06, and Grob. We ran out of time during our last run and didn't get any further. Our Huntress will be home from collage in time for this weeks raid (she has heavy lag at school causing problems at times) and our raid group is already full. Our hope is to hit it fast and hard. Based on our last run, I think we have the brute force to push though to the end, its just a matter of learning the fights now. Id like to publicly thank the mercenaries that choose to join us week after week. You guys are great.
OS - Downed no drakes in just over 3 minutes. We managed to get through the whole encounter without taking a flame wall. The question now is do we try 1 drake, or do we move on to using Flameleviathan for a loot bag?
Vault - 9 maned Archy in 2 minutes. That's a new record for us. One of our newest members did manage to aggro one of the wind pats while we where fighting 2 rock pats... That was rather interesting.
I did get my [Claymore of the Prophet] from the Argent Tournament. I really love this sword. Not only does it look cool (if purple) but its got decent stats, and hits fairly hard. I'm now sitting at 46 seals (Not sure where the extra came from) and am looking forward to getting my [Stormwind Tabard] to go with my "of Stormwind" title.
I finished building my frost resist set yesterday. I don't know if we will need them or not, but I am prepared if we do. So I am sitting at 417 Frost Resist, and am still defense capped thanks to a few [Thick Autumn's Glow] gems. This of course is being added to my other sets of gear in my bank until it is needed.
Finally in the last two weeks, I went deep into debt with one of my rich guild members, and finally got myself an epic flyer. It amazes me how much faster I am earning money to pay her back now. When you consider the amount of time you spend flying to and from daily quests though... Anyway yes, it is real enjoyable for me. At the rate I am going, I should have her paid back in a couple weeks. Then I may start saving for one for my mage.
So that's pretty much my last two weeks in a nutshell.
Light be with You,
~Bloodgarde
Ok this is my last post for today... Honest it is. I just want to explain a bit more about how I plan to run this blog.
First things first, it is very unlikely you will see another “4 post day.” You don’t want that much of me rambling, I don’t get any work done at... work... it just isn’t going to happen.
That said I started 3 different categories of posts today, and one Monday. Those will be staple categories. Look for 2 posts per week to each category. Sometimes there might be more, sometimes there might be less.
“Hail in the Camp” is effectively my version of “Letter from the Editor.” It’s just a general post with no specific bearing on anything.
“The Binding Light” will be my holy paladin column. Look for ramblings, guides and general information about healing there.
“The Immovable Object” will be my tanking column. As I am primarily a tank, expect a lot of deeper concepts, and game mechanic based posts here. Likewise I will be actively using the column as a teaching tool for upcoming Tankadins I know.
“The Unstoppable Force” is my adventure in the world of DPS. I have never played my paladin as DPS in the past, and find myself enjoying it. At some point I will be going back to my Prot/Holy setup, but I don’t see myself abandoning Ret anytime soon. WTB Tri-Spec, Will Pay 10000 gold.
As I go on and get into the swing of things, I will start adding more links and some art to the blog, but this will take time. Feel free to ask question in the comment section. I will try to answer them as I can.
I will be attempting to update this blog daily in one of those three areas. Some days may see two posts, some may see none. I will also create other categories for gear guides, FAQs, and other ramblings as needed. In general I hope you enjoy the blog. See you tomorrow.
For the Light
~Bloodgarde
Hail in the Camp,
Ladies and Gentlemen, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Bloodgarde, Paladin and Main Tank of the Late Knights of Quel’dorei (US). I have been challenged by several people of late to write a “guide to playing a paladin.” 30 some pages later, I give up. My idea of a paladin guide is somewhere in the 200-250 page range. There is just so much experience I have to share.
I was discussing this with a hunter friend of mine. She was telling me about the blog she recently started over at TheSpikedCollar.net. After a few days thought I decided that a blog may be the perfect way for me to put the information I have learned out there. So here I am. We will see what comes of this.
What are my qualifications you ask? I have played a Paladin for nearly 4 years. I leveled in original wow as a Tankadin back when Tankadins weren’t cool. I played both as a main tank, and main healer in Burning Crusade. During that time I started my own guild and began to grow it with intelligent and capable players. I successfully lead this guild into Karazhan toward the end of Burning Crusade.
In Wrath I once again find myself tanking, and at this point in time, am looking forward to duel specing as a healer. I will admit as of now, I have little experience with Ret. I will however be playing with the spec, and learning its ways so that I may speak with some knowledge about it here.
Also in WOW I have leveled a mage and am approaching 80 on him, a warrior (level 75), a hunter who is currently still level 70, and I have begun leveling a Druid.
I have a long gaming history that I won’t go into here. I the real world, I am a cartographer working in the oil and gas industry. Please read “I am a peon, I have no control over anything.”
So I look forward to writing my experience in this blog, and hope that indeed, someone finds it helpful. Look for my first real post soon.
May the Light be with You,
~Bloodgarde
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