Testing the Death Knight presences

Thursday, January 1st, 2009

Having reached 70th level with my death knight and gained unholy presence I am keen to find out how the boosted attack speed and reduced global cool-down (GCD) affects my damage-per-second (DPS) output. More specifically, I want to see how the extra speed offered by unholy presence compares to ...

Gnomesblight's unholy presence

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

It's not just a neat skeletal flying mount that I get at 70th level but also the unholy presence, completing the triumvirate of presences available to the death knight. With blood presence offering greater damage and a small amount of healing, frost presence increasing armour and threat generation for ...

Jewelcrafting makes for disappointing adventures

Monday, December 29th, 2008

I know that Gnomesblight, my death knight, is ready for Northrend, having got her mining and blacksmithing both above 350 and trained to grand master level. Sapphire, my protection warrior, should also be ready for Northrend, having been 70th level for longer than 'Blighty and already been in to ...

Flying for easier mining

Sunday, December 28th, 2008

Gnomesblight, my death knight, hit 70th level and bought a flying mount. It is a little ostentatious to buy a flying mount immediately at 70th level when it cannot be used in Northrend until cold weather flying can be learnt at additional cost, particularly when I am questing exclusively ...

Entering Northrend

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008

I am finally ready to enter Northrend. I know it has been over six weeks since the Wrath of the Lich King expansion was released, and indeed installed on my system, but I've been busy. I tried out the new death knight class and not only found the ...

Gnomesblight, master swordsmith Death Knight

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

Having reached a mining skill of 400 with Gnomesblight, my Death Knight, my stock of fel iron ore seems sufficient to get back to an anvil to craft some armour to hone my blacksmithing skills. Carefully selecting the more complicated patterns I have been taught I find that my ...

More efficient Death Knight mining

Monday, December 15th, 2008

Despite being sick of mining with my Death Knight I still had ore to gather if I wanted to increase my blacksmithing skill so that I could craft my Stoneforged Claymore. I still take time out to enjoy the Death Knight class by questing, but I have a target ...

Gnomesblight the grand master miner, crappy blacksmith Death Knight

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

My Death Knight has been mining, mining, mining. I finally kicked the mithril habit, after making many laps around Tanaris collecting ore and crafting a couple of dozen mithril coifs. Finally able to use thorium I withdraw the one hundred and sixty four thorium bars from the bank ...

Gnomesblight visits Underbog

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

Whilst flying to Ashenvale after failing to find a campfire in Felwood on which to cook my bear flanks I am offered a spot in a group that is looking to conquer Underbog, part of Coilfang Reservoir in Zangarmarsh. Despite normally being shy with new people, as well as ...

The Death Knight cookbook

Monday, December 8th, 2008

Death Knights may have good first aid skills when starting out, but just as trained professions start from scratch so does cooking. My initial plan for Gnomesblight was to complete quests as I mined ore for blacksmithing, allowing me to gain faction reputation as well hunt beasts to let ...