Actually, I’m not sure how Tuesday’s going to treat me this week, but hey, thinking positively is good, right? :)
On the agenda for today:
– Q&A post
– new poll
– maybe finishing up my key run stuff/extra boss stuff in Strat Live and actually uploading said videos, now that I’ve snagged a halfway decent microphone from my father after the tragic death of mine (that had nothing to do with an unfortunate incident with mayonnaise, FYI, unlike my last microphone’s death.)
– definitely being excited about a non-fail holy paladin app, who reads this very blog, with whom I’ve been emailing back and forth for a couple of weeks. Seriously, in the same week, we have:
1) Terribly, hideously bad applicant for a 9/12 HM ICC 25 guild.
2) Stupendously amazing applicant for a 9/12 HM ICC 25 guild.
Crap. The first one is gone from the armory so I can’t even chardev him. Suffice it to say, he had 350 haste, was wearing two pieces of T9, was using Glyph of Flash of Light, wasn’t using a Nightmare Tear (and not getting a socket bonus or anything by using a Dazzling Eye of Zul and a Luminous Ametrine), was using 8 stats instead of 10 to chest, was using 15 haste instead of 23 to cloak, was Honored with the Ashen Verdict, had a cloak with spirit on it from the vendor (I think I would have preferred the Drape of the Violet Tower in this situation…), had Icewalker to boots but no run speed talent, had no Improved Righteous Fury, only had 1/2 Imp Lay on Hands…
Anyways. You get the picture. Someone who was hideously undergeared for things like normal Sindragosa and normal Lich King.
And then you have someone like Applicant #2, who not only obviously reads this blog, but also takes what I say to heart. 994 haste? That is almost three times the haste Applicant #1 had. My GM said, and I kid you not:
“Wait. Hold the phone. Is it Christmas?”
A warrior tank:
“Another holy pally? And Madrana likes him? Christmas has indeed come early this year.”
And a rogue in the guild who has a very decent holy paladin alt:
“Excuse me, mister drug-induced hallucination, but I need to sober up now so you can go away, because you’re OBVIOUSLY much too good to be true… right?”
So maybe Tuesday is going to be good to me? :)
Aw man, now I feel bad for applying to a 11/12 HM 25 man guild. Don’t have an answer quite yet though, but it doesn’t look entirely bad for me so far. And I’m at 684 haste right now, and that’s with my new shiny Earthsoul Boots. I know, I talk too much about it. But it does feel like Christmas like this.
I love getting those kind of Apps!
Kaboomski – I worry less about gear than I do about obviously trying to put good paladin practices into use.
Cassandri – he’s transferring over, too!!! :)