Over to the dark side

Tonight I finally caved in and respecced Glömsk to "shadow priest". Apparently it will enable me to finish off mobs a lot quicker. 8-) I've been running strictly "holy" up until this point (and I'm proud of it! :-p) but it's getting increasingly tedious to flap away with wand and shield to kill mobs. Though I must say, faster as it may be - shadow spells have _not_ got the flare holy spells have. I already miss the thunderous sound and lightningflame-effect of Holy Fire?

The Guild

"The Guild" beats "The Office" hands down... :-D S have been talking about it for a long time but I've never taken the time to watch it before. I just finished the last released episode (season 3, episode 1, released now in September) and I have been laughing a lot these past few hours. Funny thing though, despite watching a show about Warcraft playing nerds the entire evening I haven't actually logged on WoW (or, errh, except to check AH that is) the whole time...

What the?

This ad makes absolutely no sense! :-D If they have to use babelfish for translation I can only guess how bad the game must be...

Ding 68!

New level. Northrend level. Nice goggles too. :-)

Aion

Right, I managed to muster up a few hours to try out Aion before the closed beta was locked and beta testing terminated. I ended up rolling a scout. :-)

Initial impression - it's a 2009 version of Oblivion, with the ease and familiarity of shortcuts resembling World of Warcraft. I didn't have enough time to learn any particular skills so my combat experience is hardly worth disclosing. :-)

I look forward to it's next step though, release scheduled for September.

Five years

Fortunate for us, Warcraft was released AFTER we met. :-D Thank you for five absolutely fantastic years my love. I love you.

Chanter or cleric?

When I roll a new character in the closed beta version of Aion online, will I roll a chanter or a cleric? That's the thousand dollar question of the evening.

Chanters are better than clerics for solo play as they can handle more melee as well as heal. But even though they are a little bit hardier than clerics they're pretty useless when the going gets tough and you meet multiple mobs. That means I'd have to pace myself carefully and not advance on the safe side of levelling e.g. focusing on lower level mobs etc. Which in reality is not as much excitement as if you're a little bit ahead of level. Perhaps I should roll a completely different character instead?

These are my options/classes available:

• The Warrior - templar or gladiator (very much the same as warrior and palladin in WoW)
• The Scout - assassin or ranger (rogue or hunter in WoW)
• The Mage - sorcerer or spiritmaster (mage or shaman in WoW)
• The Priest - chanter or cleric (priest in WoW)

Hmm... perhaps I'll try a ranger instead? Will have to do some more reading before making up my mind. Shouldn't be a problem. Downloading the install and patches seems to be a bit of a task, 6G waiting to trickle down into our house with the speed of a murder snail... *sigh*