January 12, 2019 Sunday Meeting
5:00
P.M. Eastern time (-4 GMT aka 9 P.M. aka 21:00)
Discord:
Valar Guild/meeting_place
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Transcript work by Varda.
[times are Central Time from Varda's Discord. Add one hour for
Eastern.]
["slight smile" is the same as we are used to using as a regular
smiley]
Attending (and
spoke): (8)
Discord:
Arien, Arwen, Celebrian, Elrond, Eonwe, Falco, Ioreth, Varda
(presiding)
Before-meeting
Meeting begins
Membership news
Hobbit birthday gift to the guild from
Meriadoc-V.
Web:
New story by Shirebound: "Humble Gifts".
Gaming:
General reports: World of Warcraft, Diablo 3,
Hearthstone, Lord of the Rings Online, EVE Online
Tolkien:
Topic: People claim JRRT is
a highly polarized writer, black and white, good and evil only.
Where do we see him fudging that? Gray shades.
What at first appears to be just good or just
evil?
Are Morgoth and Sauron equally evil?
After-meeting:
Tolkien Moment
Flashgaming Reviews by
Ar-Pharazon
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Before-meeting
VardaToday at 4:03 PM
Aiya!
FalcoToday at 4:03 PM
Aiya
ArwenToday at 4:03 PM
hello :slight_smile:
VardaToday at 4:03 PM
It's time again for meeting for fun and profit!
Aiya Falco and Arwen!
And thank you all even that can only say hi and run! We appreciate
you. : )
FalcoToday at 4:05 PM
:slight_smile:
VardaToday at 4:05 PM
Arwen has to make a mad dash for work, and Falco is slaughtering
things, so thank you for coming in!
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Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo!
Membership:
Fangorn says hi from this side of the screen. He's carpentering but
passed by.
Meriadoc, since he's a hobbit and just had his birthday this past
week, sent us the present of a link:
"The Song of Beren and Luthien" performed by Clamavi de Profundis.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11_aneHVaz8
YouTube
Clamavi De Profundis
The Song of Beren and Lúthien - Clamavi De
Profundis
Any other membership news you'd like to mention?
ElrondToday at 4:09 PM
Aiya
VardaToday at 4:09 PM
Aiya Elrond!
Arien said hi, possible typing in the wrong spot whilst smashing
Morgoths's minions.
ArienValarToday at 4:10 PM
Aiya all :slight_smile:
VardaToday at 4:10 PM
Ioreth said hi. : )
Aiya Sunshine!
ArienValarToday at 4:10 PM
sorry didnt want to disrupt your privacy
IorethToday at 4:10 PM
I'm here!
VardaToday at 4:11 PM
hah, just figured you meant to type here
Welcome!
ArienValarToday at 4:11 PM
:slight_smile:
VardaToday at 4:11 PM
I'll learn to type someday, maybe, but don't count on it. : )
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Web News:
We have lots today.
Eonwe has been reworking coding on the Games Site, some of which
will be moving into the Tolkien Site.
And he added a new section to the Games Site for the WoW gang. : )
World of WarCraft Basics as of the Shadowlands Expansion (So Far)
http://valarguild.org/gaming/world-of-warcraft/basics/shadowlands
The Valar Guild Games Site
Valar Guild Games Site
Besides that handy link, this can also be found by going to the
Games Site > Game Info > World of Warcraft > World of
Warcraft Basics. Thank you, Eonwe!
Also, I had a question for the membership, since these pages
are your pages.
Would you personally prefer that the general News page to
show the whole year, instead of the current attempt to move previous
months into the archive listed at the bottom? Or no opinion? Please
type your vote: whole thing; short; no opinion. This vote can be
given at the meeting, in our Discord, by email, or in-game in LotRO.
http://valarguild.org/varda/guild/news.html
News
General news for the Valar Guild
for online gaming and Tolkien Site.
Feel free to take your time to answer. It does, however, affect our
coding. : )
ElrondToday at 4:16 PM
no opinion really, either is fine
VardaToday at 4:16 PM
Alrighty, thanks. : )
If anyone else forms an opinion, feel free to toss it my way when
you can. : )
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Tolkien Site:
More on the idea of gifts.
A story from Shirebound: "Humble Gifts":
1 chapter, quick read.
http://valarguild.org/varda/Tolkien/encyc/fiction/authors/Shirebound/HumbleGifts.htm
Humble Gifts
fanfiction Fellowship of the
Rings.
I was remiss last week in not bringing up the important date of Jan
3
so a belated /toast
to Professor JRR Tolkien's birthday!
many glugging sounds from all directions
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Gaming!
World of Warcraft:
This past week's Bonus Event: Battlegrounds
The PvP Brawl: Gravity Lapse began Jan 7 and runs through Tuesday,
January 14th.
PvP will be on all WoW servers, if toggled on.
Not sure how that affects folks these days, but I remember the
irritation of trying to talk to quest givers and pvp folks coming in
and wiping out our npc's.
Is it still that way?
ElrondToday at 4:21 PM
I haven't run into that in a few years.
VardaToday at 4:21 PM
O good! : )
Check out the preview for Ny’alotha, the Waking City.
https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23236722/visions-of-n-zoth-raid-preview-ny-alotha-the-waking-city
World of Warcraft
Visions of N’Zoth Raid Preview: Ny’alotha, the
Waking City - WoW
Delve into where nightmares dwell in Ny’alotha,
the Waking City, set in the Void-shrouded heart of the ancient Black
Empire. Confront mad heralds and inscrutable horrors, and ultimately
go eye-to-eyes with N’Zoth himself in a fateful battle for Azeroth’s
survival.
Coming with the Visions of N'Zoth patch: Death Knights for all races
(if you pre-purchased the Shadowlands expansion).
https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23227148/death-knights-for-all-races-preview
World of Warcraft
Death Knights for All Races Preview - WoW
The restless spirits of pandaren and Allied Races
can return to the mortal plane as Death Knights in the upcoming
Visions of N’Zoth content update.
And a terrifying Death Knight panda, front and center.
With the new patch Visions of N'Zoth coming this Tuesday, some new
previews are posted:
https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23236726/visions-of-n-zoth-goes-live-january-14
World of Warcraft
Visions of N'Zoth Goes Live January 14 - WoW
The Old God N’Zoth has been unleashed from his
titanwrought prison, and an ancient corruption has taken root across
Azeroth, turning friends into foes and trapping warriors’ minds in
nightmare visions of a hopeless future.
As despair and madness consume the land, the
hero...
Visions of N’Zoth: Assaults and Horrific Visions Preview
https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23236724/visions-of-n-zoth-assaults-and-horrific-visions-preview
World of Warcraft
Visions of N’Zoth: Assaults and Horrific Visions
Preview - WoW
As despair and madness consume the land, the
heroes of the Horde and the Alliance will need to fight for their
sanity—and the fate of their wounded world.
Delve further into the future that the Old God
N’Zoth envisions for Azeroth and gird your mind against his
maddening ...
https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23275627/new-legendary-cloak-and-corrupted-gear-preview
World of Warcraft
New Legendary Cloak and Corrupted Gear Preview -
WoW
Face N’Zoth equipped with a powerful new
legendary cloak and gear tainted with Corruption.
https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23236723/visions-of-n-zoth-auction-house-update-preview
World of Warcraft
Visions of N’Zoth: Auction House Update Preview -
WoW
Take your buying and selling to a new level with
Azeroth’s updated Auction House!
https://worldofwarcraft.com/en-us/news/23227147/visions-of-n-zoth-content-update-notes
World of Warcraft
Visions of N’Zoth Content Update Notes - WoW
The official update notes for the January 14,
2019 content update to Visions of N’Zoth are here.
Any other WoW news you'd like to bring up?
ElrondToday at 4:26 PM
Got all my characters to 120 during the last bit of the anniversary
event running AV till I dropped. But now I got all the classes at
120 and one horde lock there.
VardaToday at 4:26 PM
Woot! Grats, Elrond!
Diablo 3:
The Darkening of Tristram is going once again, so if you have the
desire to take your D3 characters through a D3 rendition of D1, you
have until January 31st.
https://us.diablo3.com/en/blog/22855173/the-darkening-of-tristram-returns-january-3-12-31-2019
Diablo III
The Darkening of Tristram Returns January 3!
Our anniversary event is fast approaching!
Prepare to face mysterious cultists and enter a portal into
Diablo's past.
Eonwe ValarToday at 4:30 PM
Heya all.
VardaToday at 4:30 PM
Eonwe! Aiya : )
Also wanted to mention:
Valar Guild Games Site:
Updates to the WoW Basics: Battle for Azeroth Edition have been
made.
Mentioned the Shadowlands page which was so cool and left that out.
Pardon!
Thank you, Eonwe, for a ton of work. : )
Eonwe ValarToday at 4:32 PM
MP :}
VardaToday at 4:32 PM
Hearthstone:
A new solo adventure: Galakrond's Awakening launches January 21st.
https://playhearthstone.com/en-us/blog/23227142/galakrond-s-awakening-launching-january-21
Galakrond's Awakening – Launching January 21
Get ready to embark on the final solo adventure
in the Year of the Dragon that will conclude the saga which began
with The Dalaran Heist.
Lord of the Rings Online:
Update 25.2 came out this week.
https://www.lotro.com/forums/showthread.php?677800-Update-25-2-Release-Notes
Update 25.2 Release Notes
Here are the Release Notes for Update 25.2,
released on Thursday, January 9th.
News and Notes:
Classes
Doesn't have WoW's cool pics, but has info. : )
Winterstock VII begins Jan. 17 and goes through Monday Jan.
20 on the Landroval server.
It's a fan-event gathering of bands playing music of all types,
similar to Weatherstock. This one (as usual for Winterstock) is held
on the frozen pond near the lower entrance to Silver Deep Mine in
Thorin's Gate, in Ered Luin, starting at 1:00 P.M. Eastern with the
band Gallic Villagers.
https://winterstock.guildlaunch.com/
Winterstock - Landroval - LOTRO - Kinship Hosting
- Gamer Launch
Index for the Kinship website for Winterstock on
the Landroval server of Lord of the Rings Online.
[Report: Players coming into the kins
this past week]
Most of that news came from Eonwe. : )
CelebrianToday at 4:35 PM
Aiya
VardaToday at 4:35 PM
Do we have any Eve Online news that folks would like to
bring up?
Aiya Celebrian!
ElrondToday at 4:36 PM
https://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/enremp/ner_the_1900_news_on_sunday_12th_january/
is a pretty good summary of what's gone on recently. Celebrian and I
are back playing a bit. Warcraft 3 Remastered comes out on the 28th
(bit over 2 weeks).
reddit
[NER] The 1900 News on Sunday 12th January
Posted in r/Eve by u/Sgt_Slice14 • 81 points and
12 comments
VardaToday at 4:37 PM
Thank you. : )
Looking at it. That's a lot of fighting!
And good luck to Pallando! Here's hoping our gang can be of some
help if only to cheer him on. : )
Any other gaming news?
A /wave from Sauron
Ahh, more on Lord of the Rings Online:
Eonwe has updated the Ithil players:
http://valarguild.org/gaming/lotroithil/players/characters-by-member
The Valar Guild Games Site
Valar Guild Games Site
and we can give a brag that all four of the most active players have
top level characters there. Falco and Dis especially.
FalcoToday at 4:42 PM
Hard to keep that list updated with Dis and I creating new ones...
:)_
VardaToday at 4:43 PM
hehe
True
Falco brought in a young Beorning to the kin last night, I believe?
: )
FalcoToday at 4:44 PM
Correct
VardaToday at 4:45 PM
Reminds me. What would our Lord of the Rings folks, all servers,
like to see in the kin chest?
Also, we could use crafting faciilities at the fancy new kin house
on Ithil. We have a study just inside the door, but need the others.
We have Falco and Fangorn suggesting crafting materials.
Perhaps we'd like top level food, scrolls, Hope, other?
We kind of need to communicate when it's gear as that gets tricky.
But we can get help from one with materials and another with
expertise, as we have often in the past. : )
FalcoToday at 4:49 PM
I have multiples of SIngle Use Recipes across all crafts
VardaToday at 4:50 PM
Me too. Maybe we can figure out what we can build for each other.
FalcoToday at 4:51 PM
Usually have stockpiles of Crit Items and Stacks of Polished Jewels
across three characters
VardaToday at 4:53 PM
What do people find is the best way to get together for crafting
goodies together? For me it's usually being on at the same time and
swapping.
We could use game mail, Discord?
We'll think about it.
For now, we need to switch to
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Tolkien!
If you have a topic, question, or quote you'd like to bring up, just
let us know.
Turning on dimes is something we do. ; )
Otherwise,
I keep hearing people claim JRRT is a highly
polarized writer, black and white, good and evil only.
Where do we see him fudging that? Gray shades.
Maybe I should ask what at first appears to be just good or just
evil?
There are reasons people think that thought.
Are Morgoth and Sauron equally evil?
And we have reached the hour.
Eonwe ValarToday at 5:02 PM
Well, there is Good, and there is Evil, but as Tolkien put in one of
his Letters (not exact words) "I have neither made my
characters more or less good or evil than mankind is capable of."
VardaToday at 5:02 PM
Heh
Really hard to be pure evil or pure good.
But some sure approach it.
And then there are those that just follow.
Eonwe ValarToday at 5:04 PM
Denethor and Boromir should be enough to quash the idea that his
"good" characters are perfect. They are diametrically opposed to
Sauron, and still have flaws.
VardaToday at 5:04 PM
Agreed.
Even Theoden. As good a man as he was, he could be swayed by words.
Eonwe ValarToday at 5:05 PM
Their flaws don't come from the naivete of youth, as can be argued
of Pippin's mistakes.
VardaToday at 5:05 PM
Can be a development of pride, power
Even showed how a young guy like Pippin could see something without
the blinders of age, such as with the ents.
Eonwe ValarToday at 5:06 PM
Sam's flaws, his mistakes which stem from a noble desire to protect
Frodo from Gollum.
Aye.
VardaToday at 5:07 PM
He may have caused Gollum's fall, as he was so delicately balanced
at that moment. Caused a tremendous backlash.
Eonwe ValarToday at 5:11 PM
Bah, i think I put my copy of Letters on a shelf I can't
reach right now.
VardaToday at 5:11 PM
oops
Eonwe ValarToday at 5:13 PM
But short version, only Eru is pure good, and there is no one that
is pure evil (Absolute Evil = 0). Every created being falls
somewhere in between. Even the Valar are capable of mistakes, as
everyone can only make decisions based on their understanding of Ea.
VardaToday at 5:14 PM
Not even Melkor began as evil.
Eonwe ValarToday at 5:14 PM
I think a Letter, or a note to one, mentioned Tolkien
thought Sauron actually came closest to Absolute Evil, but I forget
the reasoning.
One would naturally assume it would be Morgoth.
VardaToday at 5:15 PM
He [Morgoth] just wanted more, perhaps even to be like Eru himself
whom he must have admired, wanting the same ability to create life
since he had nearly everything else. What else was there , in his
mind, rather than the creative use of all those abilities.
Not Morgoth? wow
Eonwe ValarToday at 5:15 PM
Actually, I think I'm recalling the reasoning...
Or supposition based on HoME..
VardaToday at 5:16 PM
I remember it saying that Sauron was less evil because for a while
he served another.
Eonwe ValarToday at 5:17 PM
Ok, I think I'm remembering HoME, but here it goes..
Sauron in the end, after the Ring was destroyed, had lost so much of
his former native power and he had so fully invested himself in this
desire for domination that when everything fell down around him
(literally) he could no longer pull himself away from that to
recover. Hence "never being able to take shape again".
VardaToday at 5:21 PM
So if he had decided to turn over a new leaf, he might have
strengthened again? Just too far gone by then?
Eonwe ValarToday at 5:22 PM
Morgoth, on the other hand, starting out as a being of greater
power, while having squandered a large portion of it still had
enough wherewithall in the recesses of his mind to draw himself away
and focus on recovery. (Obviously not exact words. My
apologies for working from memory rather than the books.)
VardaToday at 5:23 PM
He was shoved through the Doors of Night. That could give him time
to recover?
Your memory is usually quite good!
Eonwe ValarToday at 5:26 PM
Yes, there's always been alot of opportunities for the villains to
turn aside from their "evil schemes", but they reach a point where,
not that they can't turn aside, but that they won't turn aside,
essentially refusing all other choices they could make and locking
them into the path set.
Ironically not dissimilar from the temptations of the Hero: "You
could stay in Rivendell. You could stay in Lothlorien. You could go
to Minas TIrith."
VardaToday at 5:27 PM
Aye. That showed in a number of places. Feanorians with a chance to
return the Silmarils they could not touch any longer without pain,
to Eonwe, and not doing so.
The divider between the hero and the villain? They fail in the
choice?
or just don't become heroes is another.
Eonwe ValarToday at 5:29 PM
And now I remember a scene from an animated version of.. I think it
was All-Star Superman,.. where Superman dresses down Lex Luthor for
all the good he could've done if he really cared like he says he
does.
VardaToday at 5:30 PM
oohh, good comment.
Eonwe ValarToday at 5:32 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m24kwF1b6Ks
YouTube
The Dark Neb
All Star Superman - Ending [2011]
VardaToday at 5:32 PM
With that, it is time to make the formal leave-taking, but we can
keep chatting if anyone wishes afterward. : )
Thanks, Eonwe!
the gavel moves out from the shelf with a lurch, pushed by
another
it u-turns back, and the other gavel marches out in its place
mighty ka-thonnnk!
the hero gavel returns to the shelf.
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After-meeting!
Free chat and YouTube watching!
Eonwe ValarToday at 5:38 PM
Side note, perhaps mini-Tolkien
Moment (in that I don't have the quote handy), is that Saruman
wasn't so far gone that he didn't recognize that Frodo's mercy was a
sign of strength and not weakness : "You have indeed grown," I
believe he tells Frodo, when Frodo would not let the other Hobbits
kill him.
And with that, I must be off :}
Take care all, good night, sleep well, and have fun :}
ArienValarToday at 5:41 PM
Take care Eonwe :slight_smile:
on the personal gaming side .. With my classic guild we paid a visit
to someone i hadnt seen for a long long time ..
A certain Black Dragon champion to get a drop of his blood
:slight_smile:
VardaToday at 5:44 PM
Thank you and good night, Eonwe. : )
A mere drop of blood. : )
ArienValarToday at 5:49 PM
indeed .. to put into an amulet to get into another dragon 's lair
The old Onyxia attunement if you ever did that :slight_smile:
Such an awesome story
But .. Namarie for now :slight_smile: It has been a very
active, but fun weekend :slight_smile:
Sleep well when you get to it :slight_smile:
VardaToday at 5:51 PM
Namarie Arien : )
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 6:16 PM
Aiya folks. Thinks have to get worse before they get better, I
guess.
Working on the health-related schedule (no details to be given), and
while I was actually able to make tonight's raid, it did come at a
cost I didn't predict in this magnitude for the meeting.
Time to catch up :slight_smile:
IorethToday at 6:18 PM
That sounds ominous...
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 6:20 PM
I just meant it made me over 2 hours late :wink:
But I might as well comment on past stuff in the meeting as I go.
-As for showing the whole year of news: Not sure how that would
affect the loading time. I'd rather not have it too split apart,
since I may be looking for something in specific in topic if I'm
looking back, but most of the time I only go back one or two weeks
in advance to check I'm not reporting double gamign progress.
-Happy birthday to Professor Tolkien! It is good to celebrate his
life and the things he's given us. If the movie ever is on tv I'll
certainly watch it!
-PvP in WoW is indeed optional. There are 2 modes, normal and
warmode, with players and npcs being phased from the other mode.
Only the capital cities of Orgrimmar and Stormwind see them mixed.
-Death Knight panda had me a bit annoyed, since I'm planning a red
panda female dk myself. It's like Blizz stole my idea!
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 6:35 PM
Alright, caught up.
And I do remember something about Morgoth being so far gone that he
wanted to destroy everything he hadn't created, and even if he'd
destroyed everything, the ruins would still not satisfy him, for
they were not truly his.
That might be from Lost Tales.
..And apparently the gryphon wrangling world quest in WoW is a lot
harder to do if your passive talent is actively healing the gryphon
as you're trying to wear it down.
Ar-Pharazon-VToday at 6:51 PM
Personal gaming report!
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Flashgaming:
https://www.kongregate.com/games/m0rkeulv/castle-wars-2-5
for the first game! One in a series, I think I've seen one of the
others before but this one was new to me. A turn based card/strategy
game where you construct a deck and use the cards to build your own
economy and castle while bringing down the opponent's. Interesting
deck setup... you can basically put in all the cards you want, but
for efficiency you'll have to stick with a lower amount to make sure
you get the cards you need.
Kongregate
Castle Wars 2.5
Castle wars 2.5 is a turn based strategic card
game built on Ants (Game) and the Arco mage concept.
The game mechanics are similar to games in the
same genre s...
Comes in an explorable map/campaign as well as other modes.
https://www.kongregate.com/games/snowroadgames/gragyriss-captor-of-princesses
is the second game, also new to me, but a lot of fun :smile:
half-idle game, where you start with an egg and a field of grass,
and have to build up a resource system to feed your dragon that'll
eventually operate fully automatically. Bunch of upgrades to buy and
your dragon to level and stat up, with the ultimate goal to defeat
all the enemy forces on the map by luring them to you and defeating
them.
Kongregate
Gragyriss, Captor of Princesses
A strategy game about dragon lifedevour lambs,
grow stronger, raid settlements, fight weak humans, elves and
undead, kidnap beautiful princesses
Also comes with princesses to capture to give you special buffs and
abilities.
It's not too long, but there's also an endless mode with a fourth
princess and a lot of tough waves to get through. See how far you
get!
https://www.kongregate.com/games/whiteboardwar/creeper-world-2-academy
for the third! I've played it before and probably linked it before;
part of the creeper world franchise of which I've also played the
full desktop game. I'm currently going through the entire series,
both offline and online, and am currently on this online
installment.
Kongregate
Creeper World 2: Academy
Think you saved humanity...? Not so fast!
On the eve of your glorious campaign to retake
the galaxy a new threat emerges.
Fight the Creeper in a new environme...
Build up a network (or in this case, also excavate the underground
below you) to collect energy and research tech, build and advance
with weapons, and make your way down the map to defeat all the
liquid creeper, the emitters it comes from, and other enemies that
harass you.
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Blizzard gaming:
Heroes of the Storm:
No new levels got. Brawl was fun, using both my oldest (and highest)
level hero Valla and one of the lesser experienced ones (Butcher) to
aid in victories. Butcher can be quite good with the right build and
careful play, became practically invincible at the end
:slight_smile:
Still continuing on the event, am currently in the last main quest
before completing the board. The only one that is role-specific
rather than doable with every hero, it requires 3 games with
assassins. Still, it's among the easier ones, since you don't have
to grind unusual objectives in the matches but can just play
normally.
Previous quest was interesting, requiring 12 mercenary camps
captured. I was making small progress, but eventually ended up with
Gul'dan in the Blackheart's Bay map, which has a large amount of
merc camps, and I managed to grab 10 in that one game!
Hearthstone:
Still pushing on, got a couple of wins with my least-wins class,
druid. Fun class, but wasn't very good at it until I recently
updated my deck.
Still constantly getting quests to play with 3 classes rather than
win, so even if I'm having a bad streak with my chosen deck I'll
still get it easily.
New brawl this week: Just Macaws. You choose a class, get 7 class
spells and 23 macaws, birds which give random beasts to your hand
when played. Lot of luck required, took a while. Ended up winning by
getting a lot of good beasts :wink:
With the new solo adventure coming, I'm currently saving up my gold.
It'll require a lot of it, but there's a lot to be gained; two
separate storylines and 35 new card rewards just from the adventure.
WoW:
No, wait! More
Heroes of the Storm news.
I did get one level, apparently, from 382 to 383. Got D.Va to 10,
giving me a hero-specific lootbox. I was kinda hoping for the
Deathwing-skin I absolutely love for her, but didn't get it, so in
celebration of level 10 I decided to craft it myself with shards
:slight_smile:
You just have to look at the fanart to see that D.Va the Destroyer
skin is widely popular among fans, and I agree with them :wink: I'm
already getting quite good at playing her, and this makes it even
more enjoyable.
I did have some luck with the lootboxes this week, however, getting
2 legendary train mounts from this event. That's really lucky!
WoW:
Raiding going steadily. This was our last raid before the patch,
since we're taking tuesday off, but since the raid doesn't come in
until a week later, we've still got one week of Palace to go.
With the Black Empire patch incoming, I decided to change my
shapeshifting artifact forms for guardian and feral, to fit the
theme.
Black owlkin for cat, black werebear for bear. The latter is quite
niche and limited in animations etc, but with the upcoming patch
it'll get a unique dance, based on Pee Wee Herman's Tequila dance
:wink:
So I got to try them out in this week's raids, and they were quite
appreciated, especially the bear :stuck_out_tongue: Just wait until
they see the dance next week!
Battleground week this week; apparently guardian spec isn't just
good for arena, it's rather dangerous in battlegrounds as well.
Guarding bases, carrying flags, and keeping whole groups of enemy
players occupied :wink:
Even carried all 3 flags home in a Twin Peaks win :slight_smile:
Got the gladiator boots as a random reward from the weekly quest,
and the cloak from the current conquest grind, having reached 500
this week. Thanks to some luck with past drops as well, it was the
first season where I managed to complete the entire gladiator set on
time, and not a week too soon!
A bit tired this week, with going back to work and having trouble
sleeping, but I did manage to make myself time to finally do the
level 70 necklace quest. Short questline with Kalecgos and the blue
dragonflight, leading up to the maximum rank of the Crucible of
Flame essence.
Really wanted to get that done before the patch, and I did!
8.3 is gonna be quite busy too, though. Story-wise I'm still back in
8.1.5, with 8.2 almost untouched, but it's vital that I throw myself
at the 8.3 story first.
I'm gonna need to unlock the cloak, the new essences and more
through a lengthy storyline to get enough corruption resistance; my
ideal weapon drops from the second boss in the raids so I've got a
maximum of 2 weeks to get at least 6 resistance to not get too
inconvenienced wielding it. Otherwise I'll just have to carry it
with me.
So the previous patches will have to go on hold until I get at least
the minimum done.
Oh, and I got a new toy from that necklace quest as well, the Heart
of a Champion, allowing you to hold the necklace in front of you in
a display of power for up to 10 minutes.
(gets boring fast though)
And that's it for me!
Busy times ahead :slight_smile:
Thus is my report for the week!
Oh, and I changed my Discord icon to one of my favorite fanarts of
my favorite MLP character. No more Pinkie Pie for now, in comes
princess Luna!
VardaToday at 7:48 PM
hehe
Thank you and welcome back.
That is another amusing icon. : )
And realized a minute ago that I did not give the LotRO players for the past week:
Landroval:
Eonwe
Fangorn
Mirabella
Nar
Nimrodel
Varda
Ithil:
Arien
Dis
Falco
Fangorn
Varda
Anor:
Arien
Fangorn
Varda
Yay gang : )
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