Archive for February, 2009
Thursday, February 19th, 2009
I recently made enough gold to buy artisan riding for Sapphire, with a little left over for more auction house speculation, and I have started the reputation grind for the Netherwing Drake flying mount. With my protestation over the heavy restrictions and limitations in Northrend questing it is fair ...
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Thursday, February 19th, 2009
Having installed the Wrath of the Lich King expansion within a couple of days of its release and loaded it almost daily since then I think it is fair to say that with only two 74th level characters I am in no rush to reach the new level cap. ...
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Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
In my final look back at the music I bought and listened to in 2008 I review everything left over after considering new bands and established acts.
In the case of Best of... albums it rarely makes a difference what year they are bought, as they are essentially nuggets of nostalgia ...
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Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
Spinks brings up an interesting point about different tanks in World of Warcraft, where a protection warrior will output less damage per second (DPS) than, for example, a death knight when both classes are in a tanking rôle. If a different class does more DPS whilst tanking there is ...
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Monday, February 16th, 2009
Heading in to New Eden I say hello to a couple of new corporation colleagues and pick up my newly completed production run of missiles to put on the market. Jumping in to my Badger's pod I take the missiles to the system and station that has proved lucrative ...
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Friday, February 13th, 2009
The missiles I'm manufacturing for New Eden capsuleers continue to fly off the market as quickly as I can make them. Meanwhile, Kename Fin stops by to point me towards an excellent resource for BPO research figures, before casually throwing in an invitation to join her industrial corporation. ...
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Thursday, February 12th, 2009
I find myself in Northrend with no particular agenda, so I indulge the explorer in me for a while. Travelling northerly through Dragonblight eventually has me crossing in to Crystalsong Forest, where I spy some interesting ruins to investigate. My exploration pays off, as I reach the city ...
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Wednesday, February 11th, 2009
In looking back at the music I bought in 2008 I consider established bands to be those with at least a couple of previous albums both released and in my library.
Modey Lemon have been gradually moving away from their loud and vigorous blues-backed rock to a more subdued and musical ...
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Tuesday, February 10th, 2009
The guild run in to The Nexus goes ahead as planned. I take my warrior, Sapphire, as the tank and the mage is replaced by a death knight alt, otherwise the group remains the same, with a hunter and another warrior as DPS and a priest to heal. ...
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Monday, February 9th, 2009
More missiles roll off the production line, over a million-and-a-half this time. Despite manufacturing so many I immediately start the next production run. The reasons for this are two-fold. First, even though there is an initial set-up fee for the production run it is minor compared to ...
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