I see a little time has lapsed...

Its been a few days since I've gotten to sit down and write anything in my journal.  Alright, so its closer to a week.  Let's see...

October 10th -
A hunting we went.  We again  headed into the siege, our merry band and I, to try and vanquish the Sha of Pride.  He proved to be a mighty foe that evening, but little did he know, his days were numbered.

October 11th and 12th - You didn't miss anything :)

October 13th -
Good ole' Sunday the 13th    Our mighty band was scattered to the four winds.  We pulled together those of us that could be found.  Alachaas stood in front of the Sha and showed him some pride of his own.   At his side, we threw Hawkito.  Al clapped him on the back and they prepared for battle. 

The Sha pushed us back the first couple of times we attacked, but finally, amongst the clatter of weapons and armor, voices arose..

"We've got this!  Attack, attack"

"Just breathe!"



And then a deathly howl arose as the great beast fell.  The Sha of Pride was defeated.



Great job, Team!   4 Foes defeated.

I have broken through another barrier!

I wandered around Timeless some last night.  Hopped to one chest, died dropping to another (ehh, I never was good at aiming to land on a target.  Ask the people at the Darkmoon Faire).

I helped out with the Ghost Ship and I tagged something else as I ran by.  I managed to get some Timeless coins together so I went to explore the Monkey Treasure Chest Cave.  <- That's my new name for it.

As usual, I bypassed all the big shiny chests and went looking for all the small, mundane-looking, passed-over chests.  What did my hunting yeild?    A new shiny ring!!   And what did that do for me?  I am now ilvl 501!   I've broken the 500 barrier!

Alright, so while that is incredibly exciting for me, I'm sure not everyone was impressed.  So thank you to those who were happy for me :)


I didn't end up getting much else accomplished.  In real life, I still have a ripped up house from our impromptu, unexpected remodel.  The contractor was out today to get all his info together to make his estimate.  Still waiting to find out when my house will be put back together, better than before.

That said, I hope to venture around Azeroth tonight and see what else I can upgrade and get myself into.  Maybe I'll finally have enough sit-down time at my desk to actually get into an LFR like I keep wanting to.

I suppose we'll just have to see what happens.

~Saisri

Sunday Funnies

Last night, the raid team ventured behind Norushen into the lair of the Sha of Pride.  He was big.  He was ugly.  And we almost had him!

What a fight! There were bodies everywhere!
Run here!
Run there!
Run away!   (Sir Robin's minstrels may or may not have made an appearance.)
Run back!
And people kept getting thrown into prison (what's with that!?  Stop getting caught!)

And above all ?  It was FUN!

And it was crazy.  I had Holy Word: Sanctuary down for the tanks and kept refreshing that as often as I could.  I had a lightwell going for them, too.  And I kept tossing group heals. 

The debuffing that was needed sucked if you didn't get the Gift of the Titans.  I got it a bunch of times, but most often, I'd get it at the very beginning of the fight when no one needed it. 

Chaotic and fun, with people I am coming to really enjoy the company of.  It was awesome.

Confession...

I said to the raid  "The power of Pride compels thee!  The power of Pride compels thee!"

And only one person got it.  Thanks for having my back, Medi :)



Confession for this morning...

Not necessarily due to the raid, I am tired today.  The cheap coffee here today sucks.  And I'm out of coffee creamer at work. Yes, I could spring for the coffee in the cafeteria, but that doesn't cover the fact that the coffee sucked.

I'm so tired I can't even keep writing this in character!

~Saisri (sort of...)

Thursday Night Rumble

This week has been a little strange in Real World land, but luckily Azeroth has been helping that!

On Wednesday, I stayed camped in my room at the inn for the most part, burning the midnight candles, as they say.  I spent a long time pouring over my books, reading my spell book, reorganizing and re-memorizing spells.   I also made myself more familiar with Charkra states and glyphs and I think I made myself more battle ready.

To test my preparations, I ventured out with FERT

First, shout out to Serota!  Serota brought me a beautiful new Dragonstrike, Reborn mace (ilvl 502).  To compliment it, I was also presented with an Inscribed Red Fan (ilvl 476).  They are wonderful!
I think Alachaas may have had a hand in that, too..

Second, shout out to the Panda Trio (2nd boss in SoO), for the pretty bracers.  The Trio provided me with Lifebane Bracers (ilvl 540).

Overall, the new ilvl is 498!!

And without further ado...

We took down the 3rd Boss!  Yay!  After several attempts and a dwindling raid, we got him!

It was so exciting, and I was happy that everyone was so happy.

Yes, that made perfect sense.

Confession...

I mentioned how I rearranged my spells and got myself already.  That part was great!  I had better use of my mana pool.  I was able to have healing symbols on the ground, my lifewell in action, party heals galore and the return of Holy Nova.

But..

I was actually still not even close to topping some of the top healers.  Not that I'm trying to do better than anyone, but I would like to be on par with everyone.

I know I'm getting there, and I know I did a ton better!  I just know that I can do better still and that's what I need to look into.

I'll get there.  In the meantime, Go Team!

~Saisri

The Monday Night Blues.. Or purples, as it may be

Yesterday, I ventured to the Timeless Isle again, in search of the pieces of gear I need to upgrade and some Burdens to make them better.

I am quite annoyed at my burdens of late.  I did get one 2 nights ago, and upgraded a pair of shoes (Shoes are important. I've mentioned this) and the resulting pair of shoes had an ilvl of 33 more points than the ones I had on, but removed ALL the spirit.  NO spirit on these shoes.  Nor did it give me any stat that could be reforged into spirit.  Nothing was green on this at all!

I was so angry.  What a waste!  A pretty pair of shoes, and although the ilvl was a little higher, I not only need a higher ilvl, I need the spirit!

So, last night I was there.  Looking for burdens and gear.  I got in on 2 rares kills (no drops for me, just coins and stones and a lesser charm), and took my coins for a gamble of chests.

And I got gear!  But they were duplicates to things sitting in my bags currently.   And not one burden.

I was already tired and annoyed, so I kept it short.  I went back to my inn to sleep.  Hopefully tonight is a better night.

Confession - When I'm tired and cranky, I want to strangle that large over-sized monkey and take all his keys to those chests!

I will also say that my approach to the chests in that room is a throw back to Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.  I only choose from the small chests that line the room.  Not the blingy ones.   To date, I've gotten several burdens over all, lots and lots of timeless pieces, and 3 Bongos and a lot of coin..

Maybe there really is something to that old adages "Less is More" and "Don't judge a book (or chest) by it's cover."

~Saisri