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| Pallanen |
Dual Spec.: Arms/Protection Guild: Club de Jolie Filles Profession #1: Grand Master Blacksmith/Weaponsmith/Master Swordsmith 450/450 Profession #2: Mining 450/450
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| Sairalinde |
 Guild: Club de Jolies Filles Profession #1: Leatherworking 275/375 Profession #2: Skinning 450/450
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| Jaelle |
 Guild: Club de Jolies Filles Profession #1: Alchemy 290/300 Profession #2: Herbalism 291/300
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| Merenwen |
Guild: Club de Jolies Filles Profession #1: Enchanting 352/375 Profession #2: Tailoring 350/375
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| Miriel |
 Guild: Club de Jolies Filles Profession #1: Mining 316/375 Profession #2: Engineering 100/150
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| Earanel |
 Guild: Club de Jolies Filles Profession #1: Leatherworking 67/75 Profession #2: Skinning 133/150
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| Granuaile |
 Guild: Club de Jolies Filles Profession #1: Blacksmith 300/300 Profession #2: Mining 289/300
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| Horde |
Rubacuori |
 Guild: Club de Joiles Filles Profession #1: Herbalism 111/150 Profession #2: Alchemy 93/150
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| Ki'Leanna |
 Guild: Club de Joiles Filles Profession #1: Mining 450/450 Profession #2: Enchanting 340/375
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| What’s In a Name? |
| Friday, December 28, 2007 |
I had a Guildie recently tell me that the name “Pallanen” made him think my Warrior was a Paladin. That made me laugh but I can see how. It made me think about how much fun just picking a name for a new character can be. Or not. lol This is how I came up with names for my characters (in the order I made them).
I tried to be creative with my girls. Pallanen is my first and she is a Warrior so I wanted something tough sounding. Her name is actually “Reaper” in elvish. Sairalinde was so pretty to me that I just called her “Beautiful”. That’s her name in elvish.
Then came Jaelle. I wanted a Rogue but the naming was hard. To me a Rogue is a loner. A different type of personality. Plus I knew she would be an assassin and scoundrel to boot. I wanted something totally different so I researched Gypsy names. I did a search for female Romani names and came upon the name Jaelle. The list described the name as “possibly a variant of the name Jael, the name of a Kenite woman who killed Sisera, a Canaanite General and enemy of the Israelites, meaning ‘wild she goat’”. That worked for me. lol (Besides, I think it’s a pretty name.)
Next was Merenwen. My impression of a Mage was that they were basically witches or something like them. I wanted Sabrina (for obvious reasons) but it was taken. So I gave her an elvish version of that name. Merenwen is elvish for Sabrina. (A human with an elvish name…. so shoot me.)
Next in line was actually Aerynel. There is no real magic to how I picked her name. It was just derived from the name Aeryn (which I love) but that was taken. (There must be a few Claudia Black fans playing WoW. Remember Aeryn Sun?) Anyway, I knew that adding “el” to the end of an elvish name meant “little” or “small” and the Blood Elves are tiny little things, so I tried that. It worked out.
Then came Earane. She was to be a Warlock and I felt that Warlocks tread a fine line between bad and good magic. I wanted her name to be “Belle Morte”. That is French for “Beautiful Death” But someone else had that name. (I got it from reading Laurell K. Hamilton books. Maybe they did too?) So once again I tried it in Elvish and it worked. Earane is Elvish for “Beautiful Death”. Another Human with an Elvish name.
Next was Earanel. I guess if you have bothered to read this you already figured out that I took Earane and added the “el” to the end. Yep, “Beautiful Little Death”. LOL
Next I decided I wanted some Horde friends for Aerynel. It works well having several alts that do different professions to help each other out. So I made a Rogue (I love Rogues) and called her Rubacuori. I got the name simply because she turned out to be so pretty and she was a Rogue, who is a personality all their own. Nothing can keep them tied down. Rubacuori is simply “Heartbreaker” in Italian. She is a heartbreaker. The guys better steer clear of her. LOL
Then I decided I wanted an Enchanter on the Horde side and made Eville, the Priest. I never tried a Priest and to me, Horde are all bad guys. Evil. So having a Priest who’s name just tells you they are evil made perfect sense to me. It also reminded me of Cruella De Ville for some reason. :P
Last in line was Granuaile. I have already detailed where her name came from in the Dec. 18th post. A fine Irish name of an impressive woman way ahead of her time.
I sometimes see characters in the game and wonder how and why they have the names they do. Some are easy to figure out. Some I have no idea. At times I just want to ask but that would interfere with my playing time, so I leave it alone. Can’t take too much time chatting. There are Quests to complete! Sheesh!Labels: names |
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| First Kara Key Frag |
| Thursday, December 27, 2007 |
Pallanen got the first key frag for Kara thanks to a Guild Officer. The Guildie had promised her a couple weeks before that she would arrange a good group into the Shadow Labyrinth and she did just that. It was Christmas Eve and Pally was grinding for Blacksmithing mats in Silithis (sp?) when the Guildie whispered that she had a group ready to go. I wasn't prepared for a long instance run because I was expecting company but as it turns out the run was arranged mostly because of the 'quitting the guild' incident I posted about yesterday. Another Guild friend had read that post from 12/3 and told her. She was under the impression that I wanted to go to SLabs right away. It was a confused mess but as it turns out, all is better now. :)
Anyway, I could have titled this post "Tanking 101" because the group my Guild friend put together was excellent. The Tank was a Dwarf Warrior who totally kicked butt. The Priest was the best I had ever seen. The group was rounded out by my guild friend (a Hunter) and a Shaman. They both obviously knew what they were doing too. It was obvious to me afterward that I have a lot to learn about high level instances.
I got to go in as a second Tank, mostly DPS (which suits me just fine). Pally got to dual wield with her Crystal Blade in the off hand. She was happy. The trip started out easily enough. My one other trip into SLabs wasn't so smooth but after the first engagement in the first room I could see this was going to be different. I'll just try to explain the Boss fights since this post could end up going on forever otherwise. Lets just say that the 'regular' ads were handled very professionally by the group. The Tank and our Guild Officer knew what to do and communicated everything before the fights. Taking out the regulars was fun and easy.
When we got to the second room where the big ugly demon things are, things were a little harder. They would keep casting fear on us but our Priest would take care of that quickly. (Last time in that caused some serious trouble.) The first Boss was a hard fight and he turned out to be another big fear casting guy. We actually managed to kill him on the first try. The Warrior kept saying he wasn't worried and he was right. With him tanking and the priest healing everyone as we cut away, it went very well. That Boss does a thing where he throws an acid breath on who ever is infront of him. It was like mega-puking. lol Didn't hurt too much and we kicked his ass.
Then came the second Boss. He was big and ugly and did a mind contol thing that made me crazy. He would cast it and suddenly I would find Pally attacking our group members. It happened a lot and got to the point that when it happened I was happy to be fighting the Warrior in the group. When I turned on the Priest I was a little panicked. (I know what damage Pallanen is capable of). He also would knock me back about a mile and that damage was pretty severe. But thanks to the group being what it was, we managed to kill that guy on the first try. :) I understand that killing him is considered very hard. Makes me happy to have been in the group I was in.
The third Boss wasn't too hard really. The Group was again well informed about his special talents and we managed him well. He would run around a lot so I would use my Hamstring and stuns to slow him down. What he would do was to teleport you to the spot he started and then rain fire on your head. The Warrior told us before hand that when you are teleported just run asap in whatever direction you are facing because the damage is bad. So we all did that. The fight took a while but it wasn't too bad at all.
Between that Boss and the last one we had our first wipe out. We were pulling the ads (which some were fear casters and some mind controlled again) when one of them managed to aggro the group behind him. That cascaded into the whole room aggroing against us. We put up a good fight but there were just too many.
The next round was better. We managed to pull just one group at a time and kill them off. The maddening thing was that the mind control thing seemed to be working on just Pallanen. She kept turning on the group. One of the group even mentioned that it seemed Pally was the one that was happening to. Maybe because she isn't quite as well specced to guard against it?
Anyway, once we got those nastys killed we went for the Key Frag. That was sort of anti-climactic. We opened the box and some nasty thing came out and we killed it. No fuss, no muss. The Shaman needed it to so that worked out well. Then we went for the big shiny white boss.
Murmur was his name. (The only name I remember). The Warrior warned us that when he goes to do his special thing, some kind of bomb drop, that we should stand clear. He said especially Pally should clear out. I found out the hard way what he meant. The Warrior went in and Tanked him hard. The Priest kept him healed and the rest of us hit him as hard as possible. Then I noticed that something said "Murmur draws energy from the air...." (Probably not exact words) and that told me he was going to do his bombing thing. I turned to run away but Pally couldn't move. He apparently had her stuck against him. I tried but she wouldn't move and then the explosion totally wiped her out.
I rezzed and started the long run back to the fight. I kept watch on the group and saw the Warrior's life going up and down. Then another group member died. (I think the Shaman??) But the others kept at it. By the time I got to the chamber they were celebrating. They killed him before I could get back. Too bad too. Pallanen wanted one more rend shot on his sorry ass. LOL
So that was my adventure for the first key frag. Whew! This post is huge. Thanks to the Guildie putting together a great group we managed it pretty well. I'm told the other 2 frags aren't as bad to get. I'm looking forward to that next. :)Labels: Kara |
| posted by Jen @ 7:50 AM |
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| Good Guilds Are Hard To Find |
| Wednesday, December 26, 2007 |
I guess I made a little mess recently. The weekend before last I quit the Guild. If you have read the post I did on Dec. 3rd you know that I was frustrated with the (perceived) lack of support by my Guildies. On the weekend in question I acted on impulse and quit the Guild.
It was the night of my Christmas party and I had a bit too much wine for my own good. lol But what a great night! So I logged on after everyone left my house to check the AH and mail and things didn’t go well chatting with a Guildie. The combination of feeling frustrated and the wine got to me and on impulse I took Pallanen out of the Guild. Then I took Earane out too.
The next day when I logged on to play I realized that I regretted it. Instantly I wished I hadn’t been such an ass. I thought about asking one of the Officers for an invite back but I decided that what was done was done and just kept on. The next few days I felt worse about it. I really missed the Guild. Missed the Guild chats, missed the younger members (younger as in levels) asking for help and/or advice. Missed the feeling of camaraderie. Plus, I knew I had acted on a silly emotional impulse and it was embarrassing.
Then after a couple of days my friend Graz whispered to me asking if I had really quit. I told her everything and how sorry I was about it. She sent me an invite back to the Guild and I can’t tell you how much better I felt. It was like a huge weight was gone.
I have had bad luck with Guilds before Viva la Alianza. Pallanen joined when she was maybe 35ish??? I think, and it has been great. Pally was in ICW for a long time before that and it was OK. Until one evening when the Guild leader kept insisting that I get Vent. At the time I didn’t even know what Vent was. I tried to explain that too. But he/she said that if I didn’t get Vent in 24 hours there would be consequences. lol I just laughed at that. I asked repeatedly if he/she knew this was just a game. I also asked if they knew that ultimatums suck no matter where and when. It ended up with Pally leaving that Guild.
Sairalinde has had worse luck with Guilds. She is in a good one now, Illuminate Knights. But she went through several before someone from I.K. found her. It really is a good one. The other girls are being reserved about Guilds. I’m not sure what I will do with them. Jaelle is in one that has 8 members only. Some of them haven’t been on for 2 months or so. That seems right to me too since a Rogue is a loner. lol
The point of all this rambling is that a good Guild is hard to find. One that is supportive and friendly and generally fun. Pallanen has been lucky and I will not make the same mistake again. I regret making waves like I did. It was silly. It also made for some confusion this past weekend (which I will post about soon). I am never a drama queen so the whole scenario is still embarrassing to me. Besides, it is just a game after all and taking things to heart and taking them too seriously is not a good idea.
Lesson learned. If you have a great Guild like Pallanen does it is rare. Don’t screw with things. You will regret it. Enjoy them as they are. :)Labels: guild |
| posted by Jen @ 7:54 AM |
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| Death Of A Paladin |
| Tuesday, December 18, 2007 |
I killed my Paladin. Not a Horde, not a duel. I did it. I tried and tried to play the Paladin and like her but it was impossible. The more I tried to play her and like her the more I hated her. So I killed her. lol
This wasn't the first time I did that. This was the second generation of the same character. The first one made it to level 12 before I got sick of her. This one got to 11. Now she is gone. Dead.
OK, what I did was delete her. But I liked the name and how pretty she was so I remade her again as a Warrior. She looks the same and has the same name again. She really is a pretty character. The name Granuaile is a special one. It is the name of a 16th century Irish Pirate Queen. (Here is a link to her story.) Me being part Irish I am partial to the name and historical significance. So now Granuaile is a Warrior, as she should have been in the first place with that name.
Besides, I have found that I like Warriors best. Rogues are super fun to play also. I have tried pretty much all types and those are my two favorites. I'm not too sure which I like least, after Paladins that is. :) I think the Mage is the hardest to play successfully. They kick butt but also die easy. It takes skill to survive as a Mage.
So Grainne is now level 12. She has managed to do all the Elwynn quests and is headed to Westfall. Pallanen is happy to have a sister who is a Warrior also. Grainne will be an Armorsmith which will complement Pally's being a Weaponsmith.
I am considering deleting the Horde characters too. I have found that playing the Hordes is weird to me. The quest givers and even the vendors are all so rude. The Hordies are rude looking (except Blood Elves) and all act rude too. I amy delete them. I may not. Right now I am too busy with all the 'little girls' to worry about that. :)
Speaking of the little girls, Sairalinde is now level 52. It sure is easy to level a Hunter. Having the pet to help is the obvious reason. Jaelle is now 40 and has a mount. Merenwen is now 36 and Earanel is 19. I have found that since Pallanen made it to 70 I am more into getting the other girls leveled. I play Pally every night for 1 or 2 quests and then move on to one of the others. Keeps me from being bored.
Tonight I think I'll just play Jaelle. She is making everyone rich (essentially since we are all together lol) with her abitlity to transmute things and her picking locks. I originally thought that choosing Herbalism and Alchemy was a bad idea but now that Jaelle is in the higher levels of the skills it is pretty cool. Jaelle will be in Theramore/Dustwallow tonight I think. Sounds good to me. :PLabels: paladin |
| posted by Jen @ 7:12 AM |
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| Of Level 70 And Guilds |
| Monday, December 3, 2007 |
I suck at updating this blog. lol
Pallanen made it to level 70 over two weeks ago and here I am just now updating. Oh well, at least I'm here. lol
She made it to 70 in Netherstorm, killing demons. Theres a noble storyline. hee hee Since then she has been working on her Blacksmithing and helping guildies. Pally has always helped guildies a lot. It's one of her favorite things to do. She has even helped guildies in Sairalinde's guild a lot. More recently since I have been playing Saira more.
Saira is now level 49 btw. She leveled 4 times in the past week. She got a new kitty, the white tiger King Bangalesh (sp?) and then I respecced her to 100% Beastmaster. Did that ever make a difference! It's like the kitty and the Hunter are one now and questing is a breeze. Saira's guild mates love that she is on a lot more now too. She has been helping them a lot plus she has volunteered Pally and Merenwen to help. The guild chief promoted Saira to Knight for all the help she has been giving. That was awesome!
Pallanen's guild has been kind of a bummer lately. Once Pally reached 70 the other high levels kept asking her to get keyed for Kara. So I told them definitely I wanted to do that. But in reality she has only been able to join a group once for the first key trip into Shadow Labs. Every other time there has been another group she has not been allowed into it for reasons I'm not sure are valid. The last 2 trips some of the guildies included personal friends over Pallanen. That kinda bugged me.
I know it's just a game and I understand that friends and family are more important than game friends/guildmates. But thats hard to take at times. Pally's guild is made up of a lot of family members. Sisters/Brothers/Sons/Daughters/Aunts & Uncles. Then there are friends of that family group. So I have never been offended about the whole exclusion thing. I'm used to it plus it makes sense to me anyway. I also understand that Pallanen hasn't been the group type anyway.
But the Kara thing makes me feel a little different. She now is Protection specced just to be prepared for doing Kara. Pally has been practicing with the Protection spec and the Defensive stance so she can tank well. I don't like it much but it is necessary for tanking. The one trip into Shadow Labs the tank we had wasn't even using the Defensive stance so I think Pally will be good at it soon. I have been doing all that just for the eventual Kara trip(s).
I guess I shouldn't have thin skin about it but if it continues that she can't be included I guess Pally will have to find another guild. When I sit and think about it I do realize that Pallanen has given a lot to the Guild. More than she has gotten. She has helped countless guildies with mats for their professions. Has helped so many with their quests it can't be counted. This past week she even outfitted a level 17 Guildie Warrior with a whole new set of armor and bought him a blue ax on the AH. He was pathetically under-geared for his level. Then that Warrior went into pvp and kicked ass. He let her know how well he did afterward too. That made me feel really good. But it cost Pally almost 15 gold getting that Warrior up to snuff.
With the exception of one trip into Zul'Farrik (sp?) and one level 70 Mage in the guild who is an awesome friend, the guild has not been helpful to Pallanen anyway. But my sense of loyalty has kept me going with it. She has been in the guild since she was level 35ish. Besides, it is just a game afterall. I don't really dwell on all that stuff. But lately I am feeling a little put-out about the Kara keying thing. Hopefully it's all just in my head (I am a little over-sensitive sometimes) and Pally won't need to change guilds to get to Kara. Sairalinde's guild would love if she came to them so there are options. :)
Well, this post didn't go the direction I expected it would. But thats the beauty of blogging. Whatever is inside a person comes out. I need to update more often. Note to self.... :PLabels: Pally Leveling |
| posted by Jen @ 10:33 AM |
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| About Me |
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Name: Jen
Home: Pennsylvania, United States
About Me: I started playing WoW after my best friend bugged me to play. I soon learned that I really liked it. Now 2 years later I still play and have 20 characters. LOL I am no gaming expert. I am no WoW expert. A lot of the terms and "how to do's" elude me still. But I love to play. All you will find here are the adventures of Pallanen and her sisters. I love them all and they really kick butt. So stay tuned and maybe we can learn stuff from each other that we never knew. xoxo
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