drunkenpandaren

Still exhausted from the last couple of days, but I'm in a better mood. A little rambly though so that makes up for it.

My left leg still hurts a lot. But not as bad as before.

Been playing WoW and gearing my paladin for Shockadin. Why not? It's like seeing death coming at you in Northrend. It doesn't do too badly in PVP either.

On the state of RP tags, I'm still on an unannounced slowatus right now for all characters. Because well, my mom is in the hospital and I'd like to make sure to devote my time to waiting for her release and keeping the house clean.

Trust me, with a 3 year old kidlet in the house, it's hard.

Thus being said, if you don't get a tag from me... just wait longer.

On Tuesday, patch 4.0.1 for World of Warcraft dropped to live. This made me very happy.

The super extended maintanance didn't but who can really expect Blizz to get a product out quick?

I've been puttering around on all sorts of characters, and lately I leveled a shaman to 35. That was a lot of fun. I should do the same for another class, like maybe Warrior. Yes, the dreaded warrior. I have one kicking around Moon Guard right now, an elf. But I dunno, maybe? Should I? It's always up in the air with me.

Shamans are fantastic from 1 to 35 in two days so that entertained me a lot.

Just moving my hunter over to Northrend before I change characters.

Ladies and Gentlemen my name is Shaun of the Gamer Podcast This is my Gaming Life WTF coming to you live on livejournal dot com with another ranty rant disguised as a tldr short.

Okay, so I found the configurations menu for FF14 and with that being said, I turned down all of the settings to the absolute lowest detail, shadow resolution, etc.

Is it really necessary for FF to run at beautiful polygons even at the lowest possible setting? It doesn't make the game smoother, just choppier. I am rather disappointed in that considering my computer is about ten years old.

I'd love to play this at it's full intensity, but I fear I need way more RAM to play this properly, and I'm maxed out at 3. Looks like Square, in their infinite wisdom, decided to make the game beautiful and not simply functional like say Warcraft.

Although what gameplay I do get out of it is a lot of fun. Crafting items is especially rewarding, but I shouldn't roll a pure trade skill character anymore, not if I want to sate my need for blowing shit up.

Some people might note that I seem to be gripey this morning well there's a good reason for that. Last night I went to bed round 2 and woke up at 3:45 believing there was someone lurking in my room. After ten minutes of sheer panic and hoping they'd go away, I fumbled for my glasses like a sightless kitten and turns out it was just a shadow. a really convincing shadow no less.

So I went down, babbled to Ketsu a little on the comp, and got my mage up a little more on WoW. Seriously. Worst Night Ever. And here I am caffinated just to stay awake and alive cause I'm afraid the gruelies'll get me. Like having something stalking you from the fifth dimension.

Yes it is 10:50 in the morning I GET THAT. doesn't do much for panic though.

Ever notice old movies where people are driving vehicles, they're always mindlessly waggling the steering wheel back and forth? Or when people play video games on television or movies, they're just hammering at the controller, not even really doing much of anything. I find that odd because real gamers don't jump and roll with their character like how it was believed in Nintendo where you'd swing the rectangle controller up Mario would make that jump. No it doesn't work. Still, it's a shade better than playing a game and discovering that all you have for offensive capabilities is Throw Rock and by god I am not joking about that. A level 4 Culinist, thats food makers for short people, has the ability to throw ROCKS at things. Oh, and just to not put a fine point onto it, you can learn "Wrist Flick" which will throw, wait for it, ANOTHER rock. But this time so hard it stuns.

Or misses.

Or does 2 points of damage.

Basically put Culinists are NOT good for fighting, I learned this the hard way, and I rerolled a Thurmagist. Wasn't too impressed either, not with the nancy Umbra and Luna spells. Give me FIRE yon Final Fantasy of worth! Flames for the flame god!

I'd be playing WoW right now but it's down for the count till after noon. Maybe I should poke FF again once I'm done mucking with the settings. Really, I have to turn FF OFF in order to change the settings. How bloody fantastic is that, really. Like forcefeeding a gnome till they grow big as an Ogre.

Oh speaking of that, I made a character on WoW, a fire mage in anticipation of the patch which won't drop today I'd imagine. I FINALLY got my bloody pyroblast and I know that once I login somehow I will have lost that ability. Don't ask me how but at least I macroed Dragon Slave to it. With some modifications. What rhymes with Set the Tank on Fire and send him into the mobs. Hey, it works for Binwin Bronzebottom and Jim Darkmagic, why not in WoW.

Along with making her purely fire I also added a profile. And being a short stacked tiny chested fire mage with pyromatic tendencies, I named her Tillywink Explodia Inverse. The Pink. Yes I am hitting on all of the cylinders this morning shut the fuck up. One of the moments I included was she likes to eat, which is a basic concept amidst spellcasters. You cast spells, you burn calories, you eat until you are full and you burn things with searing immolation AGAIN, it's like a vicious cycle that doesn't end when you hit 80. Well in any case, some weirdo Draenei Priest whispered me while I was running out of Goldshire, or as I like to call it the Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy, and never more often has that been appropriate in WoW. Don't ask for details, they're probably horrifying and filled with horse****ed women. Yes, it's weird don't ask don't tell.

Getting back to that, the priest wanted to quote "feed me until I was big as an ogre". Apparently he has some kind of food based fetish or fat girl or something. I'm sorry but mages DO NOT GET FAT. We burn CALORIES. We blow up shit. Our daily food intake is directly proportional to how much stuff is set on fire, looted and set on fire again to make sure it doesn't reincarnate as an Elite Mob. That and the entire concept was just disturbing to me. At least I can be rude OOCly and ICly because Tilly has no remorse if she pisses someone off. She'll just laugh at their character sheet.

At least I'm in the Draenei starting zone now, so I can immolate to my hearts content. Although My fireball does NOT do enough damage over time damage. Twelve bloody points oh woo freakin hoo. I should go pick up the glyph that lowers my fireball cast spell by .15 but removes the tick. They'll be dead anyhow, or already on fire from Ignite. It's a toss up.

Can't wait for that, Ignite I mean. The talent's been retooled and I find it really very easy to pull a lot of mobs with a single Fire Blast. It turns your Blast from a single target into an AOE damage ability. Hits the target, and then hits everything ELSE around it at the same time. Coupled with instant Flamestrike we are looking at a lot of damage. And I just know that somehow I will feel emasculated once the patch hits because I worked SO damn hard for level 20 for my portal and blink and evocation and most importantly Pyroblast, and when I get my new talents, it'll just respec and they'll hand it to me on a silver platter. With a 3 second cast time no less. Yes, that's a lot of fun. Down from 6 which is RIDICULOUS. Why would anyone even USE pyroblast unless it was for the proc. Honestly.

This has been Shaun with the last of my short. I'll see you next time.

I think it's about time I start taking a slight break from WoW, Raiding in general to be sure of. I do love it, but I don't have the time or patience to headwall vs Sindragosa for the next few days/weeks/etc. Work and RL getting in the way. So I'll just putter around a little later on.

On a note of things, we just got a Raine Sage. Godfreakindamn I want to app Estelle but that's the fabled 8th slot talking now. Probably will not, and will never happen unless Ed, well, fades away into musespace.

I'm thinking I could do a better job with Estelle when she has no impetuous to sleep around.

So, you know what they say, "When you PTR, you never go back". I think that's true. We're still looking at adjustments to the game, but since the data is available now, it's a good sign.

Trying out my new premade Gnome Warlock named Gnorlin, and I'm hoping to see what kind of madness we're looking at so far.

People are saying one thing and another on different classes, but they're still testing. I've submitted numerous bug fixes lately too.

Well, we'll see how Gnorlin performs with the new Soul Shard Mechanic.

While not a literal good Friday holiday, it's a good Friday. Played some BBS, hurdled a couple of worlds. Powered up Terra like whoa but he needs more HPs.

Also, I got my Shaman Tier 10 4set bonus. While it's not spectacular, there's a hidden stat that I find amazing.

Set (2): Your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells reduce the remaining cooldown on your Elemental Mastery talen by 2 sec.

That first set is amazing because it makes me pew pew harder.

Set (4): Your Lava Burst spell causes your Flame Shock effect on the target to deal at least two additional periodic damage ticks before expiring.

While it doesn't sound quite as amazing, it has a hidden stat as it REFRESHES that tick damage, letting me not have to fire a flame shock. And if I need to, I let it run out and it deals tons of damage.

I'm pretty happy today. And such, off hiatus.

WoW RP is similar to RP on Livejournal. You have your actions, turns, conversations but with more macros and gear to represent who you are.

Lately I've encountered a druid who Rein and Yue call Mr. Chicken who wants to change the very core of Rein into something suiting himself. How do I tell them that I don't like this? It's too creepy, and to be honest, I'm kinda worried that I have a bit of a stalker. I mean, everywhere I go, people are going "OMG your outfit's so great", "Holy crap what a great RSP profile!".

But there's a comfort zone thing happening here. I dislike Family RP with a passion rivaling Supergate explosions. Some situations it's fine, if you build to it. This is all at once, and it's creeping me out.

Sigh.

24 hours without Moon Guard come tomorrow. I'm sure I'll survive considering I'm going to Edmonton for the day, but still, it's going to be 24 hours without really good RP.

I guess I could just play Sisters for a while...

I redid a few icons and made one.



EDIT: Sisters is one of the ones being overhauled. GAO.

EDIT EDIT: Remember, not here. Edmonton.

So I noticed I was steadily declining in actual RP in Planeocracy and Never Was, so I decided to take a few personal days to clear my mind and enjoy gaming and other such stuff for a bit without tags to worry about. Also, it's to focus more on Corinth than it is on anything else. With Trans9 having a few problems right at the moment I'd hiatus from it too, but that'd just make me feel like a quitter.

Got some nice stuff in ICC last night though. Two runs back to back oi vey hehe.

I've been mulling PBs over. Anyone know of a good red haired young female who could play the part of Elohika Rein? My paladin.

Lately I've been seriously getting neck-deep into rpgthatneverwas as a real outlet for my insanity. Having one sane character (Terra) and two semi-crack ones (Stitch and Organization Moogle), I finally found a place that I can settle into without fail.

Also, atlantus_taonas is starting to pick up which is good. Though trans_9 is just, I dunno, it feels like HOME. Especially since Fletcher-mun from P_W is apping there now. That alone makes me feel good.

However, I'm just not feeling it at permanent_way I just dunno what it is really. For some reason, I can't get into the game. And I'm sure everyone's heard me griping that pokeology_rp and thepraxeum are almost totally dead right now save for some brief bursts of activity. In Praxeum's case, Mags and I are waiting to see what's going on. I don't have any of the mods' AIM's though so... yeah.

The first major snowfall of the year hit, and it was a big one. We had a fairly large dump of snow in October but this was the first major blizzard of the year. So strong in fact that it disrupted my internet connection so much that I was Disconnecting from WoW yesterday. It never happens to me so I can only blame the storm.

I missed the roll on Shaman Boots which was a shame really to a pug. But aw well. It's a pug.

On a note, I think the the_love_hotel has really worn me down. I think I'll post again later in the next week. I just can't deal with that place right now cause for some strange reason I'm bored of it.

And on a final statement, I redid Matt's icons lackofdarkwings and they look great.

Kinda feels weird not having an active subscription to World of Warcraft. Got on today briefly, told Dyna to let Yrok know what's up and then ported my brother. While the game still handles awesome, I'm still kinda tired of it right now.

On the upside, I've been playing Phantom Brave and it's just as awesome as it used to be. Should give Another Marona a try too.

Dissidia is kicking my ass but I'm swapping story modes from Warrior of Light to Cloud. Seriously Ultimecia? Go fuck yourself. Stop raping the Warrior.

Finally, I think Prinny's going to inherit the sheer awesome that is Dissidia-type fighting. It's not like Netherworld_RPG will put a stop to it anyhow: it's based on NIS. Everything they DO is over the top.

Now to continue playing Legendia so I can develop that Chloe muse.