Holyssa

Great. Now who's gonna do the "BLUE SH*T! BLUE SH*T!" mantra for us?! We're all doomed Happy Birthday! Seriously though, enjoy the break & hope to see you again!

Happy birthday mama-moo!!

Hmph. According to this: http://www.mmo-champion.com/news-2/icecrow...uff-blue-posts/ The zone-wide ICC buff is auto-active. It's de-activated by talking to your faction leader at the start of the raid (in Horde's case, Garrosh). Not sure what causes it to scale, but it can go as high as 30% (ie - you sneeze, you win loot). It doesn't seem to affect loot or achievements. TOO SOON, BLIZZARD. YOU HAVE BUFFED US TOO S...oh screw it. EDIT: minor clarification on how to turn off the buff....not that we'd be mad enough to do it

Happy birthday!!

There's a whole bunch of WG changes coming too. Check out the 3.3.3 PTR notes! http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.h...&pageNo=1#1

This movie is made of pwnsauce. I love the voice work that went behind it.

Good news everyone! Blizzard has officially turned on the Infinite Lives cheat code for end-wing ICC bosses: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.h...95833&sid=1

Some of these spots are painfully obvious, but here's a few locations anyone can travel to and rack up dozens of those bracelets for Blizzard's V-Day farmfest. Hurry before Blizzard nerfs/hotfixes these! ~ Kartak's Hold In the southwest of Sholozar Basin is a camp full of those puppy-men...err, Frenzyheart NPCs. They die fast, respawn quickly, and there's a circular platform in the northern half of the camp that screams "AOE ME!" ~ Icecrown Citadel steps This should be easy if you've done the Tournament jousting. You get a charm for each of the mobs you steamroll before the Citadel, in particularly the Boneguard Footmen. But be careful not to aggro the other mobs! This is by far the more death-prone method of farming, but it's nice to do alongside Tourney dailies. ~ Icecrown Dailies See Riding the Wavelength & Total Ohmage. Another death/kill-steal proof method of farming, and you can make decent coin too. The Ebon Blade daily Shoot Em Up also lets you earn charms by shooting Vrykul down, but you must be on the daily to use the harpoon guns. ~ Ulduar Yup. You read correctly. Grab a buddy and form a fresh Ulduar-10 run (Flame Leviathan must be alive for this to work), then mount up a siege engine. Find a corner near one of the towers, then steamroll the little ######s into extinction. If an iron giant appears, just zone out quickly, then re-enter. Happy farming, and try not to get TOO bored doing these.

New weekly quests have appeared within ICC! These quests give a Sack of Frosty Treasures, which contain 20g, 5x Emblems of Frost, and a chance at a cool ICC BoE. Here's a list of the quests. They can appear randomly, one at a time, any time during your raid. So keep your eyes peeled! --- Blood Quickening - Rescue Infiltrator Minchar before he is executed. "These Scourge bloodsuckers -- San'layn they call themselves - give me the creeps. We've had one of our best men keeping an eye on them. But this morning he got sloppy and got himself taken prisoner. He's being interrogated by the Queen herself right now, and his cries echo through the Crimson Halls. Please, save him before it's too late!" ((Kill Blood Queen Lana'thel...within 20 minutes of the first Crimson Halls pull. Hoo boy...)) Deprogramming - Defeat Lady Deathwhisper while ensuring that Darnavan survives. "We had hoped to place a man on the inside of the Cult of the Damned, to give us an inside angle on the Lich King's machinations, but we... underestimated the persuasive powers of Arthas and his dark minister, Lady Deathwhisper. Our man, Darnavan, is one of them now. If you plan on fighting your way through the Oratory ahead, please keep your eyes peeled for Darnavan. If you can bring him back to us alive, we can attempt to reverse the Cult's brainwashing." ((To do this quest, Darnavan must be offtanked while the raid kills Deathwhisper, and he must live to get credit. Apparently this guy is fragile, and has just as much HP as one of her adds. Bring a spare tank if need be!)) Residue Rendezvous - Return to Alchemist Adrianna while infected with Orange and Green Blight. "Professor Putricide has been holed up in his foul laboratory, experimenting and refining increasingly lethal strains of blight to be used against us. If only we could obtain pure samples of the toxins, our researchers could concoct an antidote that would save countless lives. If you happen to come across live specimens, please return here immediately so that we can harvest them for study." ((To do this, someone must have debuffs from both bosses, and survive long enough to make it to the quest NPC. Click the quest text for some tips on how to attempt this.)) Respite for a Tormented Soul - Use the Life Crystals to preserve Sindragosa's Essence. "Take this Life Crystal, and have your companions take one as well. It contains potent energies from the verdant Dragonshrine in Dragonblight, and it was my own secret to resisting the dark magics of this place for so long. When you face Sindragosa, battle her until she is weakened, and then have your companions use these Crystals to coax out the essence that is dormant within her. If you then defeat her, you should be able to recover it and return it to Wyrmrest Temple in Dragonblight." ((Hm. Not much clarification on how this is properly done, though I suspect you will probably need to channel the quest item during her final phase. Ouch.)) Securing the Ramparts - Slay the Rotting Frost Giant. "As if this place weren't enough of a madhouse to begin with, we're fighting a war on two fronts up here, with the Scourge on one side and those blasted Alliance dogs on our other flank! We are here to clear a safe landing for our vessels, but a behemoth of a giant on the other side of the Ramparts is hurling debris at anything that comes close and keeping our smaller ships at bay. I'll be honest -- he's a bit much for us to handle, but you and your companions look up to the task. " ((To kill the Frost Giant, you need to play Hot Potato with the debuff he passes to random raiders, or you go boom. If need be, set up a rotation of "debuff buddies", and make sure there's plenty of room when the mini-boss is engaged.))

The months of attempts were brutal, and the Old God's insane mumblings pushed the Crushers' patience for the final time. As a result? We finally defeated Yogg-Saron with only the aid of one keeper, and earned our Rusted Proto-Drakes! Good job CS and friends!!

The next season of arena is fast approaching. While not many care for the PvP-in-a-box scene, there's still one other reason to get giddy: a new WG boss! I'm plopping this here so people outside our own 25-man raid runs can look at this and get a little educated on how to kill Frosty's evil twin. From Wowwiki: YouTube Tutorial: http://wowvideotutorial.altervista.org/wow...he-ice-watcher/ Q: Holy, I see no giant. What're you smoking? A: Toravon will not spawn till Season 8, which is estimated to begin on/around January 26th. So read up!

Moar guides & movies. This time for the new wing opening tomorrow - The Crimson Halls: Blood Prince Council Abilities: http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?page=891 Strat: http://www.tankspot.com/forums/f128/61725-...-encounter.html A 3-tank encounter with oodles of chaos mixed in. I hope one of our warlocks has a stamina-set saved up! Queen Lana'thel Abilities: http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?page=895 Strat: http://www.tankspot.com/forums/f128/61736-...-encounter.html Brain links, biting your fellow raiders (yes, you read correctly), another DPS rat-race, and *drum rolls* ...PURPLE FIRE! Dunno if we'll try the new wing out, but here's the information to help bypass this mess.

If you've been living under a rock, the Armory got a nice face lift recently: a new 3D model viewer & character feed which lets you view even more juicy details about where characters have been. Plus (dunno about others) it seems to load a little faster even with the model viewer present. And now the fun part: Let's see YOUR Armory Pose! To make one, just log into the Armory & use the controls to pose your character. Then save it and it'll be your default pose every time someone looks at your profile. It could use some more pose choices. Why no /cower, /sleep, or /sit? Grr. http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.x...&cn=Holyssa

*feels the love* Ooh, this'll keep Orcala away from the leftover cake!

Making a new post in light of the...discoveries made in Kailand's 10-man: Precious & Stinky! And WTF @ moshpit-sized trash pulls. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKe2N7wKxKs These two mini-bosses are Gluth clones which roam the halls in the Plagueworks. Both use a rapidly stacking Mortal Wound debuff and Decimate. We handled the zombie adds on Precious (which don't heal him, unlike Gluth) by kiting them (and Precious) around the stairwell, since they stack a debuff on anyone they touch which increases physical damage taken. Popping Army of the Dead helped soak up initial Mortal Wound debuffs, and bought both tanks some much-needed survival time for cleaning up the remaining adds. Our 25-man methods may vary of course, and we could probably go by the vid & toast them. Stinky is similar, but he doesn't spawn adds. He instead has a gas cloud which damages anyone close by. The tricky part is juggling the Mortal Wound while being mindful of gas ticks during Decimate, which means HEUGE raid-healing.

Recent hotfix to Lady Deathwhisper (before people say "zomg why is da mana slurpin' so fast?!" tonight, lol): http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=22418851790&sid=1

Good news everyone! A new wing of Icecrown is about to open with three more bosses. So if you have nothing to do during downtime tomorrow, please visit these links and read up on what is to come, courtesy of TankSpot's Pre-Release guides. - Festergut: Strat: http://www.tankspot.com/forums/f128/58754-...-encounter.html (Long read!) Abilities: http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?page=892 - Rotface: Strat: http://www.tankspot.com/forums/f128/58649-...-encounter.html (Again, long read! Grab a cold one/possibly some Asprin before you click.) Abilities: http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?page=899 - Professor Putricide: Abilities: http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?page=898 Strat: This fight apparently was a buggy mess on the test realms, and very few successful (if any, lol) tries went underway for this guy. Aside from a few crappy YouTube streams, there isn't much out there that's actually HELPFUL info aside from the same ol' ability list. Here's what one website (Downfallguild.org) suggests:

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.h...6&sid=1#116 Yay, no more polka-dancing with trash mobs (soon).

The loot is data-mined from people testing the available dungeons on PTR. For a list of the goodies (and it's very big, hehe), go here: Icecrown Raid & Badge Loot Icecrown's New 5-mans New Ashen Verdict Faction stuff (throwing this out there so people can check it out)

I'm grateful for having Orcala...both as the woman I love, and the dipstick who provides many lols where ever her druid roams.

A user named itcrystal has been posting spam in old threads. These are embedded links leading to various Swagvault gold buying services (big no-no!), but could pose other nasty surprises. So far I found these: http://www.thehonorempire.org/forums/index...ost&p=69205 http://www.thehonorempire.org/forums/index...ost&p=69202 http://www.thehonorempire.org/forums/index...ost&p=69203 Not sure when a mod can get around to snuffing out this pest, but until then: don't click the links and give in to curiosity!

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.h...75733&sid=1 Rather generous of them to donate a chunk of the profits to MaWF. I wonder if the elusive Core Hound Pup will go the same route. Spoiler (zomg): The Kel'thuzad midget in action:

From MMO-Champion: How to score ten points with this holiday tribute to the departed, and get an incredibly awesome (though depressingly temporary) pet: November 1-2 - Day of the Dead The Day of the Dead is a new mini world event added to the game with Wrath of the Lich King. Let's just say it's the Pirate's Day with a few more things, including a temporary companion pet : Macabre Marionette. But first, you will most likely want to complete Dead Man's Party. * Go to any graveyard, preferably the one of your faction's capital city. * Dance with Catrina. * That's it! Now let's get you a Macabre Marionette. * Buy the Recipe: Bread of the Dead from Chapman next to Catrina and learn it. * Buy the Simple Flour from any cooking supplies NPC (just take the one next to the trainer if you don't know where they are) and Ice Cold Milk from most Innkeeper and Food/Drink vendors. * Go to the graveyard of your faction's capital city and go to the Ghostly Cooking Fire next to Catrina. * Create a Bread of the Dead. * Buy an Orange Marigold or a Bouquet of Orange Marigolds from Chapman (the NPC who sells the recipe) and use it. Ghosts will appear in the graveyard. * One of the ghosts will offer the following quest : The Grateful Dead. * Give the bread to the ghost to receive your Macabre Marionette! Blargh. What a kickass pet. Why, Blizzard, why?! ;_;

Admiral Ackbar says: Why, oh why did I just click that link? Happy Halloween all - don't fill up on leftover candy!