Gruul's Lair

West has struck a deal with another guild to do join Gruul's Lair runs...

It's a US-based guild, so meeting part way, the run will start at midnight... :p

Anyway, following on from my time-honoured tradition of counting chickens before they are hatched, these are the loot to look out for in there.

Shoulder: Voidheart Mantle (High King Maulgar) A side-grade to the Frozen Shadoweave Shoulders, but until I get more spell hit, worth trading the 9 damage for the 11 spell hit rating (which is about 0.87%). Good also for the 2-piece bonus.
Waist: Belt of Divine Inspiration (High King Maulgar) This is more of a side-grade to Girdle of Ruination but might be worth considering if there is somewhere better that I can stick the Runed Ornate Ruby
Legs: Voidheart Leggings (Gruul the Dragonkiller) Another side-grade, to the Fel Infused Leggings in terms of damage. But again, for the spell hit and the 2-piece, it is certainly worth considering.

Main Hand: Bloodmaw Magus-Blade (Gruul the Dragonkiller)

On the (unlikely) chance that my poor (severly undergeared) warrior is required...

Shoulder: Warbringer Shoulderguards (High King Maulgar)
Legs: Warbringer Legguards (Gruul the Dragonkiller) The legs from badges are better, so, it depends on which I can get first. Set bonuses will also come into consideration, of course.

Shield: Aldori Legacy Defender (Gruul the Dragonkiller)

One thing to do to prepare for it is to go get the Flasks using Shards. Unstable Flask of the Sorceror for Mart and Unstable Flask of the Beast for Eld.

Welcome to the Dark Side

Come roll Bloodhoof and twink out at 59. :P

With an invitation like that, who can say no? So, say hi, to Shev's 'evil' twin, a Level 10 Shaman on Bloodhoof!



I'll probably be alternating her with Shev the pally & Tris to get the most out of Rested XP. So, it's going to be awhile before they hit the level cap (or even the twinking cap as Megan so kindly suggested... Depending on how it goes, I might also make a start on the other ally alts...

Mart also got in on about half a Kara run. Finally saw Moroes (fun!) as well as Maiden (not quite so fun) and Oz (a good laugh). With finally enough badges, I managed to toss the old quest reward blue and upgraded the off-hand to this little beaut...



Here's hoping for more great loot! ;)

Zul'Aman

Since West is trying out this instance, I might be able to go 'for the ride'... So, have been reading up on the bosses and these are some of the loot worth looking out for. These are considered as upgrades over Kara loot.

Warlock
Head: Hood of Hexing (Hex Lord Malacrass)
Ring: Signet of Ancient Magics (Akil'zon)
Ring: Mana Attuned Band (3rd Chest in Timed Event)
Trinket: Hex Shrunken Head (Hex Lord Malacrass)

Main Hand: Wub's Cursed Hexblade (Jan'alai)

Warrior
Head: Battleworn Tuskguard (Hex Lord Malacrass)
Shoulder: Pauldrons of Stone Resolve (1st Chest in Timed Event)
Chest: Chestguard of the Warlord (Zul'jin)
Feet: Jungle Stompers (Nalorakk) These are more of a sidegrade to Boots of Elusion, which offers more avoidance, whereas this offers more Shield Block.
Trinket: Ancient Aqir Artifact (Zul'jin)

Main Hand: Cleaver of the Unforgiving (Zul'jin)
Shield: Bulwark of the Amani Empire (Jan'alai)

At Least We Aren't The Worst

Well, the 3v3 team was formed with Xig & the boomkin and we notched up our 10 games this week... Very embarrassing... But, based on our (especially mine) gear, not too surprising... At least, we did win one game... :p

Hopefully, it'll be better next week as I gather more PvP gear... Should have enough honour by tonight to get the S1 chestpiece.

Over the weekend, Mart also finally got a peak at Kara, at the chess event and Prince. I ended up with this belt because no mages were in the raid and no disenchanters either... :p The 5 badges were really good though. Prince dropped the token for my T4 helm but I passed on it because it's not something I will use, not with my uber goggles.

Hunter +Hit Theorycrafting

Interesting read for raiding hunters...

Wowinsider: BigRedKitty Smacking the Hit Cap