| Alliance |
| 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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| Winning In Arathi Basin |
| Thursday, March 20, 2008 |
The Guild merger has started. Soon Pallanen will be in a Raiding Guild, running around flashing a new Guild moniker by her name. It will be weird since she has only ever been in 2 Guilds and the first one lasted a very short time. She has been a part of Viva la Alianza for a very long time. Funny how something like that can actually affect you a bit.
Pally won't be running around with new colors though. The decision was made to have the newly formed Guild use our Tabard, thus allowing us to retain some of our identity. I thought that was a good thing to do.
Here's something interesting..... Pallanen was actually in a winning Arathi Basin Battleground last night. That is a very rare thing for Alliance on my server. Last night AB was the daily so with a heavy sigh I accepted the quest and decided to go ahead and try it. I instantly had high hopes because while waiting before the game started at the gate the Raid Leader was giving instructions and people were acknowledging them positively. That also is rare for Alliance on my server. lol
We used a different strategy right away. Groups 1 & 2 rushed the Blacksmith and took it immediately. The other groups went to the Stable (just one person) and to the Lumber Mill. Once the Blacksmith was capped all but 4 of us went on to help at the LM and then all extras rushed the Gold Mine. Believe it or not, that strategy worked well. We ended up 4-capping for a while. I think the Horde were taken off guard by it. They eventually recovered but never held more than 2 nodes the whole game. Alliance easily won that one and Pallanen got her daily done right away.
Later I went back to help Graz try for her Daily and things had reverted to the usual. Alliance was getting whipped badly every time. We tried several times in a row but finally we just gave up.
The difference was simple; keep the pressure on the Horde. Don't let them keep it on you. The losing games all went the same way. We grabbed 2 nodes and tried for a 3rd. Then the Horde would group up and rush our weak areas. There would be huge fights where way too many Alliance would show up and while we were fightinng the Horde would take other nodes. It worked well for them.
Graz and I would keep trying to stop the huge fights and grab other places but rarely did anyone listen. They would fight the Hordes anywhere and everywhere except for the flags. Thats why we lose AB all the time. The Alliance will fight everywhere but at the flags. They rarely group up to be more effective. The Horde know this and take advantage of it.
I spent some time doing Alterac Valley also. One of the strangest things the Alliance does in AV is that once a Tower is capped, everyone runs away. I found myself guarding Iceblood Tower alone twice in a row. Then I ended up in Tower Point alone. I didn't take them alone but the Alliance people just cap and run. Then they bitch when the Horde retake the Towers.
Every time this happened I called and called for help, knowing the Horde would come to those Towers. No one ever came. Only once did I manage to hold Iceblood Tower alone. Luckily for me a lone Warlock came by to try and retake it. It wasn't much of a fight. Pallanen is a Night Elf so I guard the flags stealthed and when the Horde came in and tryed to recap the flag I got in the first few strikes. Hamstringing a Warlock and then stunning them goes a long way to winning a fight against them. If they see me first, I normally lose the fight. This time was an exception.
The most fun I had was once the Iceblood Tower burned, I healed Pally first and then jumped down to head over to Drek. I jumped down right on top of a Tauren Warrior. lol Never saw him there. He didn't expect that either. We stood in front of each other fow a few seconds before realizing what had happened. Then the fight began.
I was concerned right away since I had just jumped down from the Tower and Pallanen wasn't at full health. The Tauren was. We exchanged a lot of blows, circling and jumping and hacking at each other. But Pally started getting the best of him. Pallanen is dual wielding the 2 Gladiator swords and the Horde was using the 2 handed Gladiator sword. Pally was doing more damage. He appeared to have Gladiator armor but there was no way I could tell what gear he really had on.
The fight went on for a few minutes while we exchanged damage and stuns and shouts. It was an very even match. But just when I really started getting worried my Execute became available. I used it twice and the Tauren went down. Pally's build pretty much guarantees crits at least every other time I use Execute. A lot of the time she gets crits several times in a row. Her second time using it she hit the Horde for 4700ish damage. He went right down then. :)
It was an excellent fight. Having started out injured I was especially satisfied to win. Then as I healed up and got ready to mount I realized I was carrying healing potions and could have used one to help. LOL
Another odd thing about Alliance on our server is that they will stand and watch Hordes gang up on someone and not help. I had that happen last night. I was going past Iceblood Graveyard when I saw a Night Elf Druid in a fight with 3 Hordes. I dismounted and started helping. We killed one Horde and then the Druid died. I was in a fight with one Paladin and one near dead Horde Warrior alone and noticed an Alliance Mage and Shaman standing next to us. Just standing there. I fought on but quickly lost. So I (im)politely thanked them for the help and rezzed. Luckily at the Relief Hut where I was able to help kill Drek.
Thats a very odd thing. I will help almost anyone. That Druid I helped was trying to defend the Iceblood GY flag. At least he was doing something constructive. Those other two, I have no idea what they were doing.
So all in all it was another decent evening. Pallanen has a good number of Honor Points saved again. I am reluctant to trade in my Honor Points anytime soon because I have heard that with the new patch better rewards are going to be available from PVP. I think I'll save up a bunch and see what good things Pallanen can get post Patch 2.4 :) |
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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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