Gem Picking

Ok. You’ve now got items with sockets and kinda know what you want to get from them…more defense, stamina, attack power, whatever. What gems do you choose? It’s not always easy, especially when the color of the socket doesn’t match that ‘perfect’ gem you want to use. Or maybe you don’t really know what the options are.

Lots of web sites are helpful but here are two that I’ve started using. The first is a grid table on WowWiki. It has fly-over capability so the description for each type of gem that fits in a color socket can be displayed.



The second is Gem Finder, a web page that does sorting. Just select the gem properties you’re looking for and Gem Finder will list all the available options.

Digging into Dire Maul

...and an interesting place it is, invaded (left to right) by Hackorit, Ravendelara, me, and Llilith last Monday night. That's the final boss taking a long nap.

This is one of the more reliable areas where you can find the Orb of Deception, although you don't have to go into the instance, but rather the arena outside when a rare spawn pops. It seems to be rather a growing guild obsession with Strago and Llilith getting one so far.

Authentication' issues.

There are lots of problems recently where people can't seem to get past the 'Authenticating' step in the log-on process. But there is a work-around and it can be found here. It's worked for me:

- Go to Start then Run and type the word "cmd" (without quotation marks) in the Run box. A DOS window should open on screen.
- Type: "ipconfig /release" (without quotation marks) in the DOS window.
- Wait a few seconds for a reply that the IP address has been released.
- Type: "ipconfig /renew" (without quotation marks) in the DOS window.
- Wait a few seconds for a reply that the IP address has been re-established.
- Type: "ipconfig /flushdns" (without quotation marks) in the DOS window.
- Close the DOS window and attempt to make a connection.

A trip through Blackrock Depths

A week ago Hackorit, Ravendelara and I (with a couple non-guild friends) took a trip through Blackrock Depths...it seems to be a favorite of Hack's these days. Unfortunately Raven had to leave just before we completed the dungeon.

Nothing like inheriting a throne after a hard day's work!

Need an instance run for gear? Let us know!

Paint the sky!

After last Friday’s pet-hunting romp through Blackrock Spire, Strago, the guild’s official pyro-technician, invited us to a fireworks display. So to Azurmyst we went, and Strago did not disappoint with his red, blue, green and gold chrysanthemums.

A little moonlight, a little dancing and our midsummer celebration was complete.

Thanks, Strago!

Pets from the Spire

Last Friday night was a fun stroll through Blackrock Spire on a pet hunt. Pretty easy romp for four 80s like Strago, Llilith, friend-of-the-guild Amiaodarone and me and the payoff was nice…two new pets! Both are quest rewards from Kibler, who gives the quests Kibler’s Exotic Pets and En-Ay-Es-Tee-Why. The first yields a Worg Pup, the second a spider called a Smolderweb Hatchling. Great additions to any pet collection! Want yours? Let us know! We’ll arrange a run!