13
May
08
Filed Under: Gripe, Hunters and Pets, Random Stuff | Tags: linkback, Niqora, patch, WotLK
What’s up with the title? I was trying to get WotLK, linkbacks, and patch 2.4.2 all in there and epically failed 
First up, some long overdue linkbacks to:
Laser Chicken - This poor guy has has Petoholics on his blogroll forever but I only found it out after he left the game. But now he’s back and it’s about time I pay him his dues!
Warcraft and Other Hooha - I’m not exactly sure what “Hooha” is but it seems to have lots of pretty screenshots and interesting topics so I like it 
The Troll Hunter - Again, I’m not listed as a “Great Hunter Site”. What does a girl have to do to get recognition around here? On second thought, don’t answer that. I kid of course. Friendly /wave over to
Wolfrider!
Next, Patch 2.4.2. It’s live now (or so I’ve been told; I’m at work right now) and the issue that’s been up on my mind is the Growl changes. Blizzard said “Growl now scales with Hunter RAP, not pet RAP” but
Mania,
Znodis, and others have responded with “Umm, nothing’s changed. Here’s the data from all the tests we’ve performed.” Blizzard then stares blankly at them for a moment then says loudly to no one in particular “Growl now scales with Hunter RAP, not pet RAP.” Hilarity ensues, or at least it would if this wasn’t just plain irritating. My Mr. Paladin has a saying: “If you say something loud enough and long enough, people begin to believe it.” Okay, maybe that works with some people but reality can’t be convinced no matter how loud you yell. I don’t know where things are going awry but something’s not right and I hope Blizzard can at least straighten things out.
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26
Mar
08
Filed Under: Hunters and Pets, Random Stuff | Tags: Niqora, patch
Knowing that patch 2.4 was coming out yesterday, I headed over to work to update the WoW computers. I do this unpaid but since my boss gives me unlimited free playing time and is a really nice guy, I don’t care. Luckily, the computer that I play on only had 10 MB left to download and was finished in a matter of minutes (thanks to the background downloader). The other 3 (2 computers are out of service, yet something else I need to fix) didn’t have any of the patch downloaded. Even over our T1 line, the estimated time was 80 minutes. Which was fine, because it gave me an opportunity to play
I updated as many of my addons as I could (which wasn’t many) and then fired WoW up, checking the little “Load Out-of-Date addons” box. Apparently that wasn’t the greatest idea as it froze WoW. Going with only my absolutely-necessary addons, I got into the game with only minor problems and started questing with
Nicora.
Then my brilliant boss (I love him but he does have his blond moments) decided that now was a great time to download those free Halo maps into a couple of Xboxes. The T1 line slowed to a crawl, giving me 1.5-2 seconds of lag as I was trying to play and increasing the time it took to download the patch. Instead of taking 80 minutes, it took 2 and a half hours. I was getting frustrated trying to quest with the horrible lag when my brother showed up and we played a couple of songs on Rock Band. Not to toot my own horn but I sang ‘Dani California’ on Expert (the hardest setting) and got 89%. That song is also a blast to sing.
All in all, I only managed to complete 2 quests with Nicora but they were the last ones she needed to do in the Hinterlands so now it’s off to other areas for her. And I still have to get the patch for my laptop and my brother’s computer. >.< That’ll take all night.
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16
Nov
07
Filed Under: Hunters and Pets, Random Stuff | Tags: Fhionn, patch
I apologize for the gobbly-gook that was at the top of the site for a day or two. I had tried to fix something in the ItemStats plugin and it just mucked things up even more. I couldn’t even fix it because silly me didn’t have a copy of the original somewhere and the computers at school don’t have the software to extract a RAR file so I could get the original.
Other than that, I’m pleased to say that
Fhionn has finally reached level 20 and so now all of my characters have made it to that all important benchmark. (Aspect of the Cheetah FTW!)
Except that…not all of my hunters have really reached level 20. Because I created a new one. *grin* I’ll introduce her later.
I’m greatly enjoying the new patch, with the dead zone being gone, the awesome new tracking, and the streamlined leveling from level 20-60. A lot of other hunters are complaining about the double trapping gone and the no-FD on dungeon bosses. But none of that affects me because a) I barely use traps and if I do, it’s for one target and b) I avoid dungeons like the plague. Unless
Tty and I run through an instance that’s all grey to
Nicora (like Scarlet Monastery), in which case I can smash everything into the ground with ease.
If you haven’t already played your hunter on the new patch, do it now! I command you!
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