The Troll Hunter

Greetins Mon’ on dis very long 8 hour patch day! Below joo be finding da’ patch notes from the extended maintenance period today, and a couple of Lich King spoilers. But beware mon, don’t joo be watching unless joo really wants to know what happens in de’ end to The Lich King! Joo Be Warned!!

SPOILER ALERT !!

Also note dat The Frostwing Halls, which be da last wing of the Icecrown Citadel unlocks this week! Valithria Dreamwalker, Sindragosa and the Lich King will be available!

World of Warcraft Client Patch 3.3.2

The latest test realm patch notes can always be found at http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/patchnotes/test-realm-patchnotes.html

The latest patch notes can always be found at http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/patchnotes/

Dungeons & Raids
Icecrown Citadel
Frostwing Halls, the final stronghold of the Scourge and their Lich King, has been added.

Halls of Stone
Brann Bronzebeard has been getting into shape and now feels comfortable walking faster when escorted.

The Forge of Souls
The Devourer of Souls will now cast Mirrored Souls less often.
The Spell Reflect ability has been altered on several creatures. It now has a cast time, only has 2 charges, and has a 75% chance of reflecting spells.

The Nexus
Anomalus will now use the Create Rift ability only once, down from 3 times.

The Old Kingdom
Elder Nadox now only gets one Ahn’Kahar Guardian during the encounter.
Jadoga Shadowseeker now only ascends once during the encounter.
Several enemies between the Befouled Terrace and The Desecrated Altar have been removed or had their pathing altered.

Pit of Saron
Players can now zone back into the instance if they are dead while encounters with Krick and Ick or Forgemaster Garfrost are in progress.

Utgarde Pinnacle
Skadi the Ruthless can now be removed from his drake with 3 harpoon strikes, down from 5.
Svala Sorrowgrave now casts Ritual of the Sword 1 time during the encounter, down from 3.

Vault of Archavon
Toravon, the latest boss to join the Vault’s giants and masters of the elements, is now accepting challengers in 10- and 25-player formats.

The Violet Hold
The time between a boss being defeated and a new portal opening has been decreased.

PvP
All healing abilities (including items such as potions) will be decreased in effectiveness by 10% when in Battlegrounds, Arenas, or Wintergrasp.
Arenas
Season 8 has officially begun featuring all-new rewards!

User Interface

• The party leader is now referred to as Guide in chat when a group is formed via the Dungeon Finder.
• Fixed a bug where players with Raid Assist capabilities were unable to perform a Ready Check.
• Fixed a bug where the first couple of tutorials were not displaying upon logging into the game.

Items

• New strength-based melee DPS rings are now available from representatives of the Ashen Verdict.
• Tier-9 Sets: The Aspirant vendors at the Argent Tournament grounds have worked out a deal with merchants in Dalaran so that all item level 232 set pieces will now be available on armor vendors in the city. Set pieces which require trophies will still be available for purchase only from vendors at the Argent Tournament grounds.
• Tier-10 Balance Druid 4-Piece Bonus: Fixed a bug to allow for this bonus to properly trigger.
• Tier-10 Elemental Shaman 4-Piece Set Bonus: Redesigned. Successful Lava Burst casts now increase the duration of Flame Shock on the target by 6 seconds.
• Tier-10 Tank Sets: The gloves and chest pieces for warrior, death knight, and paladin tanks have had their stats adjusted slightly to provide additional armor value.
• Tier-10 Warlock 4-Piece Bonus: This bonus should now correctly be applied to the warlock’s pet.

Technical Support

• The cvar ‘processAffinityMask’ controls which CPU cores are available for the World of Warcraft client to use. Previously the game client was limited to 2 cores as a default which players could override in the configuration file. In the past this provided a performance boost on some CPUs and operating systems. We have identified several systems that are experiencing severe performance issues with this restriction and have removed it. Players who would like to restore the old behavior can do so by updating the Config.WTF file by adding: SET processAffinityMask “3″.

Now joo’s go out and enjoy da’ patch with all dem’ buggies today too!!

As usual your comments are always welcome and please, “Stay Away From Da Voodoo!”

((The Troll Hunter is a duel specced 07/57/7 Marksmanship and a 0/18/53 Survival hunter who plays on a RP-PVP server, he talks funny because this is how trolls are supposed to speak in a role-playing environment.))

Greetins’ Mon! How all joo’s be doing dis’ fine week? Joo be’s enjoying da new raiding system and all dat fancy new gear dat joo can be a getting? Dis Troll Hunter be lovin’ it mon and be styling now in all his t-9 and t-10 gear. Dem groups for de’ most part have turned out pretty good so far, wit’ just a few bad ones, but dem’ be few and far between, so I be very happy wit’ da new system and da sweet gear rewards!

Quick funny story for joo’s. I be in Heroic Pit of Saron last night wit a good group ‘cept for our healer. Dis guy be t’inking dat nobody else but our tank needed to be healed and he be doing dis’ all da way up to the boss Ick. Well da Troll Hunter be getting really pissed man at da lack of heals, so I be fixing his healing butt by casting a Misdirection on him followed by a nice explosive shot. Joo know, I don’t t’ink I ever be seeing a healer run so fast in all my life. It be even funnier when Ick one shotted his squishiness too. Da lesson to be learned here is not to be ignore your group when dey’ need healing, and especially not your hunter mon, he can mess joo up bad!

So about dem achievements I be ranting about. Well I be really racking dem up now finally! Not only have I completely all dem Northrend Dungeon achievements both on regular and on Heroic, but I be really, really bored on Sunday night and went fishing in Dalaran at dat’ fancy fountain and be picking up The Coin Master, which be taking about 3 hours to get done, but joo be getting a nice letter and a real fancy soulbound coin dat’ joo can toss around too! I also be picking up the Northrend Angler achievement and will be headed back to dem Outlands later dis’ evening to be getting the Outland Angler one too! Ya mon, sometimes I be getting just a bit bored.

So now achievement wise I be picking up on da average of about 5 per day and almost be up to 4600 points. Dat’ might not be a big deal to some peoples, but da troll hunter be t’inking dat he has come a long way and be very proud of his accomplishments so far. Oh I also be picking up dat “the patient’ title to last week for running dungeons wit’ 50 different players. Dat be the Looking for Many achievement.

Good t’ings be happenin’ dis past week too! Not only did I finally find a very good RP (Role-Play) guild dat’ be very nice to me and also be holding RP events, but I be coming across a very nice Orc lady dat not only be a great role player on my server, but she also be having a great website called The Cheshire Cats, which be havin’ good stories and good YouTube videos. I be suggestion dat’ joo’s go visit her when joo get da’ chance. Tell Kat dat’ Da Troll Hunter be sending joo!

And before I be going I wanted to be reminding joo dat The Crimson Halls of the Icecrown Citadel unlock this week. (Actually as of 1/19/10) So joo’s dat be fighting in IceCrown can now be facing The Blood Princes and Blood Queen Lana’thel. And take it from da troll hunter who be failing many times on da’ test realm, dat Blood Queen be no cakewalk at all, so be prepared to get your buts kicked a few times over again.

So I be leaving joo’s right now and be going back to da Citadel right now to farm some more trash again tonight for some more da Ashen Verdict. I hope joo be enjoying da new mini-content patch today and dat’ joo’s be getting all your achievements done too!

As usual your comments are always welcome and please, “Stay Away From Da Voodoo!”

((The Troll Hunter is a duel specced 07/57/7 Marksmanship and a 0/18/53 Survival hunter who plays on a RP-PVP server, he talks funny because this is how trolls are supposed to speak in a role-playing environment.))

Greetins’ Mon, and a Happy New Year to joos! I hope that all your holiday celebrations went well and that you got the epic tier 10 gear that you asked the Great-Father for.

What did the Troll Hunter get? Well I asked for Shakira again, but as usual she was too busy, so I settled for the new Iceblade Arrows and the new Dungeon Finder system that Blizzard introduced in patch 3.3.0. For those who have been living out in the Barrens and have no clue what the Dungeon Finder system is let me fill you in a little. In short the Dungeon Finder is only used for 5-man dungeons, not raids or groups in general for high-level quests. LFD selects players to form a party from all servers in the battlegroup, so there need not be a full group of players on one specific realm.

You can choose such options as Random Lich King Heroic, Random Burning Crusade Dungeon, or Random Classic Dungeon. Running a random dungeon confers additional rewards in the form of emblems and gold. Running Lich King Heroic Dungeons always reward you with Emblems of Triumph which can be used to buy epic (tier 9) items in Northrend. You can buy these pieces either from the Triumph badge vendor in Darlaran or at the Crusader’s Coliseum beside the rampway towards the Trial of the Crusader. Please note to that by running the random daily Lich King Heroic that you will be rewarded with 2 Emblems of Frost which can also be used to purchase epic (tier 10) gear upgrades.

My experience so far with the new system has been very positive. I really, really do hate doing pugs on my server but this has been completely different. Not only have I met some very good tanks & awesome healers, but I’ve also picked up some very decent new upgrades through Heroic drops and Triumph Emblem purchases. So far I’ve picked up the Dexterous Brightstone Ring, the Duskstalker Pauldrons, and the Windrunner’s Headpiece of Triumph. And all this is with just a little bit of effort on my part daily.

Just a little friendly troll hunter advice about the LFG system. As with any groups you may be in, you will find your share of assholes. I personally have run into both Pally and DK know it alls and healers that couldn’t heal themselves if their live depended on it. But 95% of the time my random groups have been very good.

As a hunter who’s job it is to do pure DPS, your job will be to set your main focus on your tank and know how to use MisDirection properly, both your group and your tank will appreciate you for it.  Also, don’t go in thinking that you are the DPS king either, slow down, take your time and stick to your set rotations. If you find yourself going OOM (out of mana), then use Viper wisely. You’re not there to top the DPS charts on each dungeon, you’re there to provide good DPS and not pull aggro of of your tank, so use good hunter, not huntard common sense. If you prove yourself to be a worthy hunter, most groups are very good at letting you roll “Need” on the gear that you want, if not, and you’re not putting out the damage that is expected of you, trust me, the group will vote to “kick you” very fast. It’s as simple as that.

King of the Hunter's? Not!!

So now for the New Year my new objective so far has been focused not so much on PvP anymore but on getting better geared with all tier 10 upgrades and eventually moving on to the very sweet gear that both the The Ashen Verdict, (the new faction located at the IceCrown Citadel), and the Hunter Quartermaster has to offer, and also to get my troll mits on the Njordnar Bone Bow that drops from Lady Deathwhisper.

So now it’s onward to more dungeons, even greater achievements and much better gear for da troll hunter mon! I just be hoping dat’ dem spirits be wit’ me as I start the new raid ring Plagueworks later today after the maintenance is done. “Rotface mon! Da Troll Hunter be coming for joo!”

As usual your comments are always welcome and please, “Stay Away From Da Voodoo!”

((The Troll Hunter is a duel specced 0/57/14 Marksmanship and a 0/15/56 Survival hunter who plays on a RP-PVP server, he talks funny because this is how trolls are supposed to speak in a role-playing environment.))

To Everyone:

Here’s Wishing You and Your Family

A Very Merry Christmas and a Wonderful New Years!

May all your future drops be Epic ones!

Happy Trollydays from, The Troll Hunter and his little trollette huntress.

Greetings from a very snowy day here in RL. We already have 2 inches of the very wet white stuff on the ground now with another 14 to 18 inches predicted through Saturday night. I’m just hoping the power holds out this time around!! And it’s also possible that we might just have a white Christmas this year too! That would be very nice for the little troll huntress, she would be thrilled!

So loneliness is what da troll hunter has been experiencing lately for the past few months on his server. It’s like “Where in the Hell has everybody gone?” What I’m saying is that I’m seeing maybe a few new players out there in the starting zones and sometimes next to none most of the times that I’m out there now. And this hasn’t been just over the holidays, this has been an ongoing trend for the past six months. Even the dreaded Barren’s chat is non-existent now which is totally amazing, a relief, but amazing to say the least.

And this isn’t just on the Horde side of things either. I’ve taken rides over to Elwynn Forest, Duskwood, Redridge, etc. and there’s not an alliance player to be found or that even shows up on my tracking anywhere! I can’t even find Night Elves to dance with in Goldshire! Isn’t that sad?

Yesterday I dropped mining  just for a change since I have enough Titansteel Bars in my inventory to make at least 50 Mechano-Hogs, and I took up Alchemy not only for the nifty potions, but mainly for a change of pace from the normal routine and while farming the low end herbs I need in the Barrens and the Stonetalon Mountains I did a “who” look-up as far back as a level two and found no-one, I mean no-one at all. *shrug*

Where is everyone? Has everyone already made it to level 80 and is just so bored with Warcraft that they are not making alts. anymore? Or is it that the new player base is just non-existent, because I’m just not seeing anyone new around at all.

So the question of the week is, Do you see the same thing happening to on your server? Or do you think that most veteran WoW players are just taking a break for right now until the expansion is released?

Okay, loneliness ranting is finished. Just wish there was someone to talk to other than my pets. /sigh

As usual your comments are always welcome and please, “Stay Away From Da Voodoo!”

((The Troll Hunter is a duel specced 0/57/14 Marksmanship and a 0/15/56 Survival 53/11/7 Beast Master hunter who plays on a RP-PVP server, he talks funny because this is how trolls are supposed to speak in a role-playing environment.))