tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8179668174080629152024-02-08T13:38:18.209-06:00Dirty Deeds: A Rogue StoryA collection of stories and opinions about the Rogue class in World Of Warcraft.Korzikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02073909480890286460noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817966817408062915.post-25604538219409705532010-03-09T14:01:00.000-06:002010-03-09T14:01:36.492-06:00New blog.My new blog has been created. It doesn't have a final title or layout yet but, it is there.<br />
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If you want to check it out it's at <a href="http://www.korzik.wordpress.com/">http://www.korzik.wordpress.com</a>. The new blog will be a general warcraft blog with plenty of rogue stuff mixed in.Korzikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02073909480890286460noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817966817408062915.post-66229711312835279352010-02-27T15:21:00.000-06:002010-02-27T15:21:39.193-06:00In hidingI haven't posted in a while because, well, I've barely been playing my rogue lately. I'm not agreeing with some of my guilds decisions or the way they have been going about some other issues so I've been avoiding them for the time being and only logging in to raid a couple times a week.<br />
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I have an Alliance DK at level 80 now on my server. It is interesting seeing things from a different side and the DK is fun to play. (not nearly as much as a rogue but, still fun.)<br />
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And with all that I've decided to close down this blog and possibly start up a more general WoWing blog. There is a lot to talk about but, I feel it falls outside the scope of what I wanted this blog to be about. If/when I do start that blog I'll be sure to post it here. There will still be rogue discussion just with room for a lot of other issues also.<br />
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Thanks for the support and I hope to see ya around.Korzikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02073909480890286460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817966817408062915.post-35797956957523203902010-01-19T12:15:00.000-06:002010-01-19T12:15:57.632-06:00Professor Putricide Says PvP is Good for Your RaidPvP some people love it, others hate it. Some raiders don't care one way or another but, feel that it isn't worth doing because it in no way will help them with their next boss. To put it simply, those PvE heroes (I am a serious raider so I use that term in an affectionate way) are wrong.<br />
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There are many skills that PvP will help keep a lot sharper than Wrath's raiding content will. And unless you work at it, those skills will be rusty on the occasions where they are called upon in an encounter. Let's take a look at a few:<br />
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<ul><li><b>Situational Awareness</b> - This is likely the biggest one. If you want to be successful in PvP you have to know where your enemies are and what they are doing. Many people find it overwhelming to try to keep track of so much (how many are near you, how many friends are there, what class is everyone, who is moving towards an objective and, who are just there for killing, etc.) But, if you can start to keep track of all of that information in a battleground, a fight like Mimiron or Rotface will be a piece of cake.</li>
<li><b>Adaptation</b> - Things rarely go as planed in any PvP encounter. You have to think on the fly and constantly adjust what you are doing depending on what cool downs you have and what ones they have. What spec they are and how they are playing it. Not to mention terrain and other players joining the fight at any given time. If you are used to thinking on your toes then it won't be such a shock if you have to do something out of the ordinary in a fight. (say kiting blood beasts or, taking over someone's role if they die mid fight)</li>
</ul><ul><li><b>Knowing your class</b> - PvP requires you to know all of what your class is capable of and how to best use every ability in your spell book. There are very few combat abilities that do not have a use in PvP. In contrast there are several abilities that most think (think being the key word) aren't useful in PvE. And to be fair, for the most part they are right. However, Blizzard knows you have them and may require you to use them in a fight. So you had best know how to.</li>
</ul>Those are only three but, important reasons to try your hand at PvP. Even if you hate PvP I'm sure you know someone who enjoys it and can show you the ropes. Do it for yourself. Do it for your raid.Korzikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02073909480890286460noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817966817408062915.post-78481513602171799182010-01-09T14:14:00.000-06:002010-01-09T14:14:07.134-06:00Welcoming in 2010Wow, it's has been busy, busy, busy for me lately. The Christmas Holiday took up a lot of my time along with 3.3 and endless gearing for my alts. (my resto shaman is ready for ICC and my prot warrior is almost there; both of whom have the perky pug)<br />
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Since my last post a lot has happened. 3.3 dropped, rogues where nerfed and, now just nerfed again. Two wings of ICC have been opened, the end of arena season 7 has been announced, Eviscerate X was released and, we all got to experience the game changer that is the Dungeon Finder tool.<br />
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With all of that I have realized that no matter how much I'd like to make this blog a regular thing. It just won't happen. I'll still be posting but, it won't be twice a week or even once a week. When I have to something to say that I think would be something I'd read; I'll post it. I still have my video guide coming (just taking a little longer than I thought)Korzikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02073909480890286460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817966817408062915.post-20442464111425252662009-12-05T03:53:00.000-06:002009-12-05T03:53:14.181-06:00So Plain!I seem to have lost my blog template. Or more likely, the template I was using has had it's supporting images taken down. I'm going to give it a little bit to come back up and if it doesn't I'll be on the hunt for a new one.<br />
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In other news. I just got my 25,000 Honor Kills Achievement tonight. Only 75,000 more until I can call myself Korzik of the Horde.Korzikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02073909480890286460noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817966817408062915.post-70054816279610290332009-12-03T03:31:00.000-06:002009-12-03T03:31:31.100-06:00Please help us, Akrios.We are slowing dying of suspense! <br />
Akrios from <a href="http://roguerogue.com/2009/12/02/video-is-still-coming-along/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+roguerogue+%28Rogue-Rogue%29">RogueRogue</a> will be releasing his 10th non-arena video. I for one can not wait! I enjoy his videos and, have learned a good amount just from watching them.<br />
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And speaking of videos and soon, I have started to work on my guide to watching rogue PvP videos. I have hopes that it will help out anyone that does not understand why these types of movies are so popular and how to get the most from watching them.<br />
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Yes, it was a short post but, it is 3:30am and I think it's time to call it. Just wanted to update everyone and, to point out that another great movie is coming out soon.Korzikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02073909480890286460noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817966817408062915.post-77056074013067279672009-11-29T22:47:00.000-06:002009-11-29T22:47:53.472-06:00Facepalm: Check Your PoisonsThis isn't a post about letting your poisons run out mid fight. Or even about forgetting to check that you have poisons applied before the pull. This is a mistake I make far too often after Faction Champions in ToC.<br />
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Using the wrong poisons. As Mutilate I run Instant in my main hand and Deadly in my off hand. However for Faction Champions I switch to my PvP spec and use Dual Wound Poison. The moronic part is I often forget about my poisons when I switch back to my PvE spec for Twins. I'll run my normal pre-fight routine: check my flask, check my food, check my spec (via looking at my action bars), check my poison duration and, check what I'm wearing via clicking on my riad dps button Outfitter. However, I tend to miss the fact that I have wound poison on my weapons after Faction Champions because, why would I ever have wound poison on in my PvE spec?<br />
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So a note to all the rogues at there who switch between specs for fights (and mainly to myself), whenever you switch specs; be sure to also check that you are using the correct poisons for that spec in addition to their durations.Korzikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02073909480890286460noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817966817408062915.post-26576436621696077752009-11-21T15:51:00.035-06:002009-11-22T00:49:48.389-06:00Monthly CleaningAddons, almost everyone uses at least a couple. Some people use hundreds. They can really enhance your playing experience however, they can also needlessly slow down your computer. I have gotten into the habit of once a month, going through all my addons and evaluating what they do for me and if I really need each add-on. I keep the ones I use and delete the ones I don't need. In this way I make sure that my computer isn't slowing down by loading several add-ons that I don't use. I highly suggest you also do this from time to time and, I will go through my add-ons as an example of what I mean.<br />
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My list of addons and process after the break... <br />
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I use Curse Client to manage most of my addons so, it is fairly easy to delete and add more with just a couple button pushes.<br />
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<b>Addon Control Panel </b>- Adds an addon button to the Game Menu that allows you to set up multiple profiles of addons, see their memory usage and, turn on or off addons with a UI reload. Very handy for keeping all of your utility addons working but, easy switching them off for peak performance in raids or PvP. <i>(Keep)</i><br />
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<b>Advanced Trade Skill Window </b>- Turns your trade skill window into a double-wide window and allows you to que items to make. It also allows you to que an item, such as the Armor Plated Shotgun, and it will look at the parts you have in your bag and make any of the small parts needed for the main item. No more figuring out what you have to make first before you can make the big item. <i>(Delete, I am not using often)</i><br />
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<i> </i><b>Afflicted 3 - </b>An enemy timer addon. Shows cooldowns and, spell alerts for enemy players. <i>(Keep, I still have to investigate how to make the most use of this addon)</i><br />
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<i> </i><b>ag_UnitFrames</b> - My Unit Frame mod of choice. Just like Pitbull or any other number of unit frame mods out there. I just happen to like ag the best. <i>(keep)</i><br />
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<i> </i><b>Altoholic - </b>Capable of showing all of your toons bank and bags. Along with linkable professions from each of your toons. Shows gold, time played, level, rested experience, suggested leveling zones. Can show in item tooltips how many of that item you have and where they are, spread over all of your toons. Very handy addon for keeping track of all of your toons. <i>(Keep, to convenient to do without</i>)<br />
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<b>Arena Historian</b> - Keeps track of what team compositions you have fought against, what map you played on and, your results. This addon was from a time prior to the armory having so much data in it. I still find it usefull as you can see what general comps you excel against and what ones your struggle with. <i>(keep for now)</i><br />
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<i> </i><b>Atlasloot Enhanced - </b>View what bosses drop what, link items to chat, make a wishlist. <i>(What raider doesn't make use of this addon, Keep)</i><br />
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<b>Auctioneer - </b><i> </i>Auctioneer Suite provides you with the tools and data necessary to make those difficult auctioning decisions with ease. Provides tools to keep track of average item price, how many seen recently and, makes posting a breeze. <i>(Must keep, memory hog but, can be safely turned off for raids)</i><br />
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<i> </i><b>Bartender 4 </b>- Customizable action bar mod. Again, there are several choices out there this is my preference. <i>(Stock bars? no thanks, Keep)</i><br />
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<i> </i><b>Capping Battleground Timers </b>- Provides timer bars for Battlegrounds. Shows bars for AV towers and graveyards, WSG flag respawn timer; along with name and health% of flag carriers. <i>(Keep, nice to know if you can make it to a tower to defend before it is capped)</i><br />
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<i> </i><b>Cartographer</b> - World map mod. I honestly don't know what else to say about this mod as it was my first ever addon and I can't imagine running without it. <i>(Keep)</i><br />
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<i> </i><b>CensusPlus </b>- A Census mod that takes a census of your realm/faction and stores the data. This data can be uploaded to warcraftrealms.com <i>(Keep, lightweight it can nice info to have)</i><br />
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<i> </i><b>Clique</b> - is a simple GUI that lets you assign click-casting for any number of unit frames. Click casting allows you to define the behavior the game takes when you click on a frame. This can be casting spells, running a macro, using an item, or something as simple as changing targets or assisting a unit. <i>(Keep for now)</i><br />
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<i> </i><b>Coconuts</b> - adds a button to your interface that smartly decides a random mount for you. If you're in Outland and have a flying mount, it will pick it! Also lets you dismount. Easy switching to a slower mount or to a ground mount if you need to.<i>(Love it, Keep it)</i><br />
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<b>Decursive</b> - <i> </i>Allows for quick and easy cleansing of raid members. <i>(Keep for alts)</i><br />
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<i> </i><b>Deus Vox Encounters</b> - (DXE) is a boss mod inspired by RDX. It is designed to be functional, efficient, and customizable, so you can change what you want and how you see this addon. <i>(I just switched from DBM to DXE so, keep until I decide)</i><br />
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<i> </i><b>DR Tracker</b> - Shows time left until diminishing returns on enemy/friendly/yourself, as well as how far the spell is diminished. Shows the next diminish, so for example when a Cyclone first fades from a player it'll show 50%, once the 2nd one is casted within 15 seconds of the first one fading it'll show 25%. <i>(Seems not to work all the time, Keep for now)</i><br />
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<i> </i><b>Eavesdrop - </b>A simple combat log that displays events similar to how SCT/D would in a log, using icons to display spells/skills. It seperates incoming events (left side) from out going events (right side) from misc. events (middle). Events are linkable to chat. <i>(Keep)</i><br />
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<b>Fishing Buddy </b>- A fishing addon that keeps track of the fish you catch and helps manage your fishing gear.<i> (Keep)</i><br />
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<b>Gatherer</b> - is an addon for herbalists, miners and treasure hunters in World of Warcraft. It's main purpose is to track the closest plants, deposits and treasure locations on your minimap <i>(Keep)</i><br />
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<b>Gladius</b> - adds enemy unit frames to arenas for easier targeting and focusing. It is highly configurable and you can disable most features of this addon. <i>(Keep)</i><br />
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<i> </i><b>Grid</b> - is a modular, lightweight, and screen-estate saving grid of party/raid unit frames. <i>(I use this as my raid frames on all but, my resto shaman alt. Keep)</i><br />
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<b>GridManaBars</b> - Adds mana bars to the grid display. <i>(Keep)</i><br />
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<i> </i><b>Healbot Continued</b> - Addon that allows click healing and other healer realated functinality. <i>(Used for my resto shaman, Keep)</i><br />
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<b>LilSparky's Workshop</b> - adds auction-derived pricing information for trade skills right into the trade skill recipe frame. Each skill is evaluated for material costs and potential value of the item created. These two numbers are listed next to each skill in an easy-to-read format <i>(Keep for now)</i><br />
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<b>MikScrollingBattleText </b>- MSBT is designed to be an extremely lightweight, efficient, and highly configurable mod that makes it easier to see combat information by scrolling the information on the screen in separate, dynamically creatable scroll areas. It is a replacement for Blizzard's Floating Combat Text and Damage output <i>(I love it and, a definite keeper</i>)<br />
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<b>MiniPet</b> - There are a number of events that trigger the loss of your companion. This addon reminds you to summon a new one, either by displaying a text warning and/or flashing the MiniPet button. You can drag and position the MiniPet button wherever it's most convenient for your UI.<i> (Used with my pet collecting Hunter, Keep for now)</i><br />
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<b>Omen Threat Meter</b> - Displays your threat and can be configured to give audio and visual warning when nearing the tank's threat. <i>(Must have for all DPS classes, Keep)</i><br />
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<b>OmniCC</b> - is an addon that adds text to items/spells/abilities that are on cooldown to indicate when they'll be ready for use. OmniCC should be compatible with any addon that uses a cooldown model.<i> (Keep)</i><br />
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<b>oRA2</b> - similar to CT_RaidAssist. Allows you to set main tanks and, players of your choosing to monitor. Great for following the main assist's target while keeping your focus frame free for other uses. <i>(Keep)</i><br />
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<b>Outfitter</b> - is an equipment management addon which gives you fast access to multiple outfits to optimize your abilities in PvE and PvP, automated equip and unequip for convenience doing a variety of activities, or to enhance role-playing. <i>(I much prefer this over the stock, automatic switching for various things is too nice, Keep</i>)<br />
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<b>Overachiever</b> - Achievement addon. Increased Achievement pane functions. Adds icons next to cooking recipes that you still have to make for various achievements. When linked an achievement it shows you that players progress along with your own. <i>(Keep for now)</i><br />
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<i> </i><b>Overhead</b> - Arena name plate addon. Hides non-player name plates in arenas and, shows enemy cast bars for all enemy players even if not targeted. <i>(The cast bar display is what makes this a keeper)</i><br />
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<i> </i><b>Postal</b> - Mailbox addon. Address book, extra return mail functions and, an option to take all mail from the mailbox with one click. <i>(Great for cutting down the time it takes to retrieve AH mail, Keep)</i><br />
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<i> </i><b>Power Auras Classic</b> - This addon was created to provide visual cues (auras) when you gain buffs, debuffs and many more. Very useful for shorts buffs or debuffs, it allows you to draw in the center of the screen, or around your character, very customizable visual effects, rather than having to look at or mouseover buff/debuff icons/actionbars. <i>( I love this addon. A must keep)</i><br />
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<b>Prat 3.0</b> - A chat window addon. Provides extra options and functionality for the chat window. <i>(Not needed but, very nice to have. Keep for convience)</i><br />
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<b>Quartz</b> - A customizable cast bar addon. Allows for repositioning and sizing of cast bars for both player and target. Displays latency delay allowing you to start your next cast before your client has finished the previous cast. <i>(Keep)</i><br />
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<b>QuestHelper</b> - Quest tracking. Shows where to complete quests and suggests an efficient order in which to do them. <i>(keep until Blizzard implements theirs. Very resource heavy</i>)<br />
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<b>RatingBuster</b> - addon that converts combat ratings in your tooltips into percentages, so that you have more meaningful information when comparing different items <i>(Makes comparing items easier, Keep)</i><br />
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<b>Recount</b> - Damage meter. Capable of showing overall raid dps along with a breakdown of each players damaging/healing abilities. Great for evaluating your performance and how to improve. <i>(Memory hog but, a keeper)</i><br />
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<b>SexyMap</b> - Minimap mod. Change the shape, position, look and, overall feel of your minimap. Hide buttons, add a graphical border. <i>(Keep)</i><br />
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<b>ShockAndAwe</b> - displays timer bars for Shocks, Stormstrike, Windfury (internal CD), Maelstrom Weapon, Lava Lash, Feral Spirits, and your shield. It optionally shows number of orbs on left shield, stacks of MW, advises of next shock in rotation. It also shows a user configurable priority icon frame to advise you of what the highest damage ability available is. <i>(Used when my shaman was Enhancement. Invaluable for Enh but, now that my shaman in Resto, Delete)</i><br />
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<b>TipTac</b> - is a tooltip enchancement addon, it allows you to configure various aspects of the tooltip, such as moving where it's shown, the font, the scale of tips, plus a lot more. <i>(Keep. Love how you can move the frame but, reading guild's rank names is the funniest part)</i><br />
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<b>TitanPanel</b> - Adds bar(s) to the top or bottom of your screen. Able to show location, total gold, loot settings, repair costs, XP/hr, time to next level, etc. <i>(Keeper)</i><br />
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<b>TitanHonor</b> - A plug-in for TitanPanel. Adds an honor tracker to the titan panel. <i>(I'm too lazy to open another window, Keeper)</i><br />
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<i> </i><b>TotemTimers </b>- helps managing totems, shields, and weapon buffs, showing additional info about active totems (range, cooldowns) and provides additional totem sets. <i>(A Keeper for my shaman alt)</i><br />
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<b>Align</b> - Very simple and light addon that creates a grid on your screen to aid you in aligning and centering your UI. <i>(Keep for helping set up my UI)</i><br />
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And that is it. Unfortunately I had the idea for this post after I had just cleaned out some unused addons such as RogueFocusClassic and MarketWatcher so I did not have too many deletable addons.<i> </i>But, I hope this long list kind of helped explain my process of defining the addon and deciding how much I use it and whether or not it was worth hanging on to. Give cleaning out your addon folder a try and delete any unused/unnecessary addons. I'm sure you will find your screen and gameplay greatly improved.Korzikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02073909480890286460noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817966817408062915.post-47530574235929894232009-11-09T03:21:00.001-06:002009-11-09T03:35:23.013-06:00Facepalm: Ninja'd towerFacepalm posts will be about those times when you see someone (or you do something) that just makes you wonder.<br />
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First off, an Alterac Valley story from the other night. I am working on my <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?achievement=222">Tower Defense</a> Achievement so I have been spending my AV matches near the choke point in the southern middle of the zone guarding those two towers and the graveyard there. The northern tower had 4 alliance inside so I moved to the unguarded southern tower and, capped that back.<br />
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I picked off a few random alliance running south as I made my way back up the guarded tower. As I made my way up I counted two hunters, a warrior and, a warlock. I decided that there was no way I could take down all four so I snuck up the tower. Past the warlock on the middle level. Up to the top. Past both hunters who were standing outside the door. I sapped the warrior standing next to the flag and capped the tower back just before one of the hunters turned around and shot me. A quick gouge, sprint, jump down and, vanish and I was away with another tower defense on my record.<br />
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I can only imagine what they were thinking during their cast time to capture the tower back.Korzikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02073909480890286460noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817966817408062915.post-1717119139032561092009-11-06T15:00:00.000-06:002009-11-06T15:00:08.598-06:00Getting DefensiveAfter a half day of Athiri Basin and Alterac Valley play I have come to really appreciate playing defense in these battlegrounds.<br />
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In <i>Alterac Valley</i> I am really enjoying running around with a small group of people and helping to cap back towers or retake graveyards. It may not seem like it is accomplishing much and your honor kills will be lower than if you were on the offensive or defending the actual keep but, you will be slowing the opposing team's progress by several minutes which in the modern AV is more than enough time to give your team a chance to start on the boss sooner. This is especially important for Horde players considering how imbalanced the map is in favor of the alliance team. (The bridge, the route from the starting cave and, the design of the towers all add up to an alliance advantage)<br />
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<i>Arathi Basin</i> is by far my favorite place to play defense. Specifically, at the Blacksmith. If you can get a job as a Blacksmith guard you will get the buff for defending a flag which will increase your honor gain from all honor kills and, you will get credit for the vast majority of kills made on the map. Only the extreme ends are out of range. Just by spending your game at BS you will (if your faction controls it and you can avoid dying) end the match with the most honor kills and the most honor for your faction. Besides the obvious personal gain for defending BS it is also the most strategic point on the map in my opinion. The BS grave yard allows quick access to any of the other four nodes. In addition, it will form a point of the triangle of friendly nodes that your team is trying achieve. BS, Farm, LM is a lot easier to defend than Farm, LM, Stables. Take a look at the map and you'll see why.<br />
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<i>Warsong Gulch</i> is another map where I enjoy the defense. As a rogue I enjoy sitting outside of my tunnel and waiting for the Alliance flag carrier to come out. (be watchful of both the ramp and the graveyard fall) You may not be able to get the flag carrier down if they have some friends with them but, you did slow them down allowing your team more time to get their flag across or kill the opposing flag carrier.<br />
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There is another reason why I enjoy the defensive style of play in battlegrounds. Practice. I don't enjoy being in the 'zerg' I enjoy the smaller scale battles. Being on defensive with 1-4 other people is more than enough to slow or stop a 10+ man rush and your choices and play matter more. Defending the central towers and graveyard with one other person. Running into a tower held by four alliance and, taking it back feels better and, a lot more fun than running with 32 people up the map and standing around and waiting for towers to cap.Korzikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02073909480890286460noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817966817408062915.post-89444696033867955032009-11-03T14:28:00.001-06:002009-11-03T14:32:53.926-06:00I'm here, I'm here.I'm finding a posting schedule has proven more difficult than I thought. My free time at home is very random, which makes it difficult to get posts out at regular intervals. I will try my best to get a post out a couple of times a week. I have also been trying to get the layout of the blog to a place I like. I do not like the comment sections of the posts but, am so far unable to get them corrected.<br />
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And just in case you had missed it. My main went from a female Blood Elf to a male Forsaken. I am loving the change, even with the announced nerf to WotF.<br />
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I also have a few posts I am working on slowly but, surely. About, topics from the steps I am taking to improve my PvP play to an opinion on the way Blizzard is handling tier gear and badges. I hope to get a few of those out soon.Korzikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02073909480890286460noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817966817408062915.post-17025505508756042092009-10-28T00:44:00.001-05:002009-10-28T01:30:01.526-05:00WotF Nerf"Will of the Forsaken now shares a 45-second cooldown with similar effects, including the Medallion of the Horde, Titan-Forged runes, Insignia of the Horde, etc."<br />
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Seeing how I just changed my rogue from a Blood Elf to an Undead this change is somewhat upsetting at first. But, then I got to thinking about it. Being able to break a fear, charm or, sleep affect and still being able to trinket immediately afterward was a bit unfair to fear classes. And this will not go into effect until 3.3 anyway if it makes it out of the PTR. I tend to believe that it will.<br />
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Now a 45 seconds cool down really isn't that bad. I haven't run into too many occasions yet, where you need to go back to back with WotF and trinket. I would still prefer WotF over any other racial for a rogue for the simple fact that it is now a second trinket for most situations on a 45 second cooldown and a 2 minute wait before you can use it again. I know that sounds odd but, you know what I mean.<br />
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I'm sure you'll read a lot about this change both people praising it and condemning it but, in the never ending pursuit of 'balance' it is a change that had to be made. And remember that with Cataclysm most racials are going to be changing anyway.Korzikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02073909480890286460noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817966817408062915.post-73198948252550244452009-10-22T14:35:00.000-05:002009-10-22T14:35:44.338-05:00Dueling for GoldDueling is rare on my server. You hardly ever see anyone outside of <span></span>Orgrimmar or in the sewers. So when I saw an unusual message in trade chat it caught my eye. I can't remember exactly what the message was but, basically someone (an affliction lock) was looking for people to duel outside of Org and, he wanted to bet on the duels based on the gear difference.<br />
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I finished up what I had been doing and headed over to find about five people outside. From what I remember that ties the most I've ever seen outside Org. It looked like no one was actually betting but, the lock was repeated asking and making fun of those who didn't want to. I just sat and watched for a while as the lock destroyed everyone who came up to him. One thing I noticed immediately was how hardly anyone was wearing PvP gear. The lock himself only had a couple pieces of deadly on. Not really all that surprising on Staghelm I guess.<br />
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Finally, I stepped up and challenged the warlock to a duel. Ten seconds later it was over, he was on his knees and, I was hardly touched. He said, "Finally, some competition" and, wanted to bet on our next match. I declined saying that I wasn't much of a betting man. We dueled a few more times. These matches were all closer but, I came out the victor in each of them. <br />
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I told some guildies in vent what was going on and, they all couldn't believe I didn't wager after our first duel. But, I just didn't see the point in betting on a duel. To me duels are practice, if you bet and someone wins anything worth while they are likely to leave; in fear of loosing what they have won. Instead of staying and having some more matches.<br />
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Have you ever seen people betting on their duels? Would you or do you bet on your own duels? What do you think about it?Korzikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02073909480890286460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817966817408062915.post-1106974025852188522009-10-20T11:47:00.002-05:002009-10-20T11:51:35.645-05:00So you want to start over. part1Either with a faction transfer, server change; or completely re-rolling. There are a few things to consider when choosing your new home.<br />
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First I would recommend taking a look at this list: <a href="http://www.wowwiki.com/US_realm_list_by_datacenter">http://www.wowwiki.com/US_realm_list_by_datacenter</a>. Choosing a realm with a near by datacenter (or the datacenter that you have the best ping to) is very important as a rogue. Rogues are very twitchy class where a lot of our success can be determined by reaction time. Adding another 240ms ping to those reactions will not help. You can also see what time zone each server is and what battlegroup they are in. Find a realm where your ping is low and that is in a time zone where the server's peak hours match your play times. The best way to do this is to try out the realms on different datacenters at different times in both the starting areas and in a major city. If you ping ever spikes on a certain datacenter you may be better off looking elsewhere.<br />
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Next thing I would do is head over to a server census site like: <a href="http://www.warcraftrealms.com/index.php">Warcraftrealms.com</a>. There you can see what the Alliance to Horde ratio is for the server you are thinking about moving to. Just keep in mind that all information for that site is submitted by players, if no one submits data, the data will be off. I would suggest finding as balanced a realm as possible. It is rarely fun being vastly outnumbered. And being able to roll the other faction consistently gets old after a while also.<br />
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Finally, spend some time on your chosen server before you transfer any existing characters there. It is amazing what you can find out about a server just by spending a little time in Trade chat. Although rarely will you find any huge positives in Trade; you can find out if you can handle the negatives.<br />
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So you've chosen a Realm that you like. Part2 will cover racials; specific to the rogue class.Korzikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02073909480890286460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817966817408062915.post-55267025894630629512009-10-17T13:58:00.000-05:002009-10-17T13:58:42.018-05:00Akruz's first world PvPMy rogue alt on Blackrock had his first experience in world PvP today.<br />
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I was in STV at level 30 working on the first of Hemit's quests. Killing the tigers and panthers working my way over to the raptors when I spot a human warlock working his way around the area. I finish off the panther I was working on and stealth a little bit closer to get a better look. He was a level 35 warlock with no heirloom gear. I decided that even with my heirloom advantage five levels would be too much to make up so I back away and start my killing of raptors a little ways off.<br />
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About five minutes later I had just finished killing two raptors and was at low health so I eat and stealth. Just as I was about to move on to the next raptor I get a dot thrown on me. I quickly duck around a nearby corner and I see the same Human Warlock a few yards away. I gouge the incoming Voidwalker, sprint to the warlock and interrupt his immolate cast. I start to build combo points on him with Sinister Strike. I get feared, Will of the Forsaken out of it, Kidney Shot and, start again. His next fear I took but, was able to vanish his shadow bolt. After a bit more back and forth I killed him only to die from his Dots before I could drop out of combat to eat.<br />
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It was a rush and I'm sure the battles will only increase as I gain levels and move to more populated zones.Korzikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02073909480890286460noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817966817408062915.post-17058240649462494852009-10-15T13:56:00.004-05:002009-10-27T22:57:38.899-05:00About Korzik<b>About the Author</b><br />
I have been playing games since I was a kid. I started with Wolfenstien 3D. And have played anything from Doom, Descent, Medal of Honor and, countless console games among others.<br />
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I started WoW in February of 2008. I bought the battle chest after a boring night out and gave the free trial an hour before I bought an account. I tried all of the classes for about 10 levels and settled on a Hunter. I raided during BC and into 3.2 with my hunter. During this time I also leveled two other characters to level 80. A Protection Warrior and an Enhancement Shaman.<br />
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With a change in my work schedule I started a Refer a Friend account and leveled a rogue. I had tried a rogue before and I didn't care for them. This time though, I was hooked. I guess it was the first few levels that turned me off on a rogue at first but, as soon as I got into the level 20 range I just could not stop playing. With a guild change also came a change of mains and I now raid on my rogue.<br />
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<b>About the characters</b><br />
I currently play two rogues. A level 80 rogue on a PvE server and I have started another rogue on a PvP server.<br />
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<a href="http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Staghelm&n=korzik"><i>Korzik</i></a><i> </i>- is a level 80 Male Undead Rogue on the PvE server Staghelm. I raid with <i><a href="http://www.bound-staghelm.com/">Bound</a> </i><a href="http://www.bound-staghelm.com/"><bound></bound></a> who's guild leaders host the podcast, <a href="http://www.rawrcast.com/">Rawrcast</a>. I have also just started to play in Arenas and am working on refining my play in PvP.<br />
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<a href="http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Blackrock&n=Akruz"><i>Akruz</i></a> - Is my rogue alt on the PvP server Blackrock. I started this character to help myself with maximizing my PvP play. Blackrock is currently the top Horde Arena server. I have never leveled on a PvP server and I am actually looking forward to the experience.<br />
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You can expect a few stories and experiences from both of my rogues to show up here along with opinions and thoughts on the rogue class overall.Korzikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02073909480890286460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817966817408062915.post-32011662699381462892009-10-14T16:15:00.003-05:002009-10-14T18:01:48.443-05:00Ulduar: The Movie<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/Atraira">Atraira</a> did an incredible job with this movie. The editing and story telling in a boss kill movie are the best that I have come across. While the movie is obviously not strictly rogue related I think it is worth a watch for everyone. The movie is dividing into 3 parts.<br />
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I hope you enjoyed them as much as I did. And please head over to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/Atraira">Atraira's YouTube</a> page to let them know your thoughts as well.Korzikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02073909480890286460noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817966817408062915.post-64701128131895716552009-10-13T13:06:00.003-05:002009-10-14T18:16:51.710-05:00Rogue Macros 3.XHere are some of my favorite rogue macros for both PvE, PvP and, Utility.<br />
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<b>#showtooltip Deadly Throw<br />
/Cast Deadly Throw<br />
/Cast Throw</b><br />
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Is a great space saver macro. This will use Deadly Throw if you have combo points on the target, if not it will use your thrown weapon. For leveling rogues or, if you have more than one ranged weapon for different situations. You can add the line /cast shoot at the end to use your bow/gun also.<br />
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/cast [modifier:alt] Eviscerate; Envenom</b><br />
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I use this macro for my PvE Mutilate spec. Sometimes while questing/farming or even rarely during raids a mob will almost be dead but, you haven't gotten a Deadly Poison up yet. Hold Alt and this macro will switch to Eviscerate instead of the standard Envenom.<br />
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<b>#showtooltip Tricks of the Trade<br />
/cast [target=focus,help] Tricks of the Trade</b><br />
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Great for raids. Set whoever you will be wanting to cast Tricks of the Trade on as your focus using /focus with them targeted. And this macro will cast TotT on them without ever deselecting your current target. Not only is this macro convenient; it is also a DPS boost as you will not loose any white attacks due to switching targets. And for PvP you can just replace the <b>[target=focus,help] </b>with <b>[target=(teammate name)]</b> and get the same benefit while keeping your focus frame available for an enemy target.<br />
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<b>#show sap<br />
/cleartarget<br />
/targetenemy<br />
/cast sap</b><br />
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A PvP macro that will clear your current target, attempt to find the closest target and, sap them. What that boils down to is that this macro is a spammable sap macro very useful for fining enemy stealthers. Any PvP rogue should have this macro on their bars along with standard sap.<br />
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<b>#showtooltip Mutilate<br />
/startattack<br />
/cast Mutilate</b><br />
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((If you are combat just replace Mutilate with Sinister Strike)) This macro will start your auto attacks on a target even if you do not have the energy to perform your yellow attack. This will save you those couple of seconds waiting on energy and will make sure you are at least white hitting your target.<br />
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<b>#showtooltip Stealth<br />
/dismount<br />
/cast [modifier: shift] Stealth; !Stealth</b><br />
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A spammable Stealth macro. This macro will dismount you and put you into stealth. No matter how many times you hit after you are in stealth it, will not de-stealth. If you want to exit stealth, hold down the Shift key and press the button. I personally like to have the /dismount in there for quickly and easily getting off of my flying mount. Just be careful hitting this if you are flying at any altitude. <br />
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/cast [nomodifier] blind<br />
/cast [modifier:alt, target=focus] blind<br />
/stopmacro [nomodifier]</b><br />
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This Blind macro will Blind your current target by default. Or you can hold down the Alt key to blind your target. This is a great macro for Arenas.<br />
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/use [nomodifier] Wound Poison VII; [modifier:alt] Deadly Poison IX; [modifier:shift] Instant Poison IX; [modifier: ctrl] Mind-numbing Poison<br />
/use [button:1] 16; [button:2] 17</b><br />
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And this All-in-one poison macro is one of my favorites. One action bar button for all of your poisons.<br />
By default this macro will show Wound Poison. Hold down Alt for Deadly. Hold Shift for Instant. And hold Ctrl for Mind-numbing.<br />
Click the button with your left mouse to apply shown poison to your Main Hand and click with the right mouse to apply the shown poison to your Off Hand.<br />
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All of these can be edited to fit your keybinds or play style. Such as changing the modifiers. It is as simple as just changing a line like: <b>[modifier: shift] </b>to <b>[modifier: alt]</b>.<br />
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If you would like to learn more about building a macro, I highly suggest <a href="http://www.wowwiki.com/Making_a_macro%20">http://www.wowwiki.com/Making_a_macro </a> as a start. Macros can be confusing or intimidating but, knowing what they are capable of doing and how to get the most out using them will greatly increase not only your gaming experience but, also your play.Korzikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02073909480890286460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-817966817408062915.post-90968593508125721172009-10-12T02:40:00.006-05:002009-10-14T19:10:35.379-05:00But, I don't want to be a leaper. (Updated)In case you haven't seen the Tier 10 Rogue models.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There it is. Now I was happy with the T7, T8s Helm was a bit much for my tastes and, T9 Horde was ok (besides the spot lights on the shoulders) But, this is just a bit much. Admittedly it looks a lot better on an undead than a human male. (As you can see in this video, also from <a href="http://www.mmo-champion.com/">mmo-champion</a>)<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I miss the sleek and sharp design a lot of our armor used to have. Tier 5 is still one of my favorites and the Shadowcraft set is a classic.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">While I may not enjoy the look; I love the bonuses.<br />
</div><ul><li><i><b>Rogue T10 2 Piece</b> - Gives your melee finishing moves a 13% chance to add 3 combo points to your target.</i></li>
<li><i><b>Rogue T10 4 Piece</b> - Your Tricks of the Trade ability now grants you 15 energy instead of costing energy.</i></li>
</ul><i> </i><b>The 2 Piece</b> is amazing and will make Assassination that much more of a combo point game. Being able to do two <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=57993">Envenom</a> back to back occasionally will be great. Just try not to overlap the Envenom buff too much to maximize the chance of extra <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?item=43230">Instant Poison</a> procs.<br />
<b>The 4 Piece</b> is just as nice as <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=57934">Tricks of the Trade</a> is an ability we use every cooldown, or at the very least during any 'burn' phase. Getting energy back instead of spending energy for this ability will be very nice and, a much bigger DPS boost than it may appear at first.<br />
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(Update: it appears as though MMO or Blizzard had the set bonuses reversed. What I have listed as 2 piece is 4 Piece and vise versa) <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What about you? What do you think of the Tier 10 model? What are some of your favorite armor designs for rogues?<br />
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I hope to fill this blog with stories and thoughts from both of my rogues. One is a raiding rogue on a PvE server and I just recently started another rogue on a large PvP server.<br />
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This is my first ever blog so expect to see a lot of growth in the blog as time passes. So be sure to let me know what you like and don't like!Korzikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02073909480890286460noreply@blogger.com0