This 'n That

Just a quick post about some of the stuff I've been reading this morning, as there's quite a bit more link-worthy stuff today than I'm used to.

First of all, hell yeah. It's about time I started getting some AoE love. I refer to myself and not "rogues in general" mainly because Combat spec was already getting good benefits to FoK, to say nothing of Blade Flurry, but now it's going to have some perks for stabby-Mutilate rogues like myself. I'm looking forward to bringing down the house again, so to speak.

Next up, World of Snarkcraft has a cool post summing up some amusing commentary on the state of things right now, but I thought the point at the end was worth sharing - although it's probably preaching to the choir, but I am seeing a lot of resentment on both sides of the speed-levelling camp.

For my part, I could have just run with Jame's guides to race for the finish line, so to speak, but I wanted to take things easy, mainly just so I could get through the content at my own comfortable pace (and lag behind the roaring mob making up the majority of players, who can't seem to coexist on the same quest chain without descending on each other like a pack of wolverines). I'm comfortable with my choice - and I just hit 75!

Speaking of Jame, he makes a point I've been trying to convince people of for awhile now on his muhmopegher blog; well, two of them. One, that it's worth your while to take your time in Outland and do the quests there while they actually benefit you (because gray quests = fail), and second, that doing quests in zones a level or two below you is not actually a bad thing - it's actually really freakin' efficient. Wrath really pushed down hard on players to force them into levelling via questing - gone are the days of spending two weeks in Duskwood getting 10 levels (thank GOD). Contrary to what some people might think, green quests give you the same damn experience as yellow or orange quests, and they go way faster. Between that and the fact that maybe only 10% of your experience is actually coming from mobs, compared to what you get from turn-ins, and it should be pretty obvious to anybody working the math that hitting Borean Tundra at level 71 is only going to do you favors in the long run.

One point I would add to Jame's list is that you're less gear dependent (depending on class to different degrees, but all of them see some improvement) if you take on Northrend at higher zones - feel free to rock out the green quest rewards and save your money for the many, many expenses you will soon encounter.

In other news, I totally made a gnome death knight and she is awesome. Also, my family already did the Thanksgiving business, so I have a four day weekend with no familial obligations. So it's totally on.