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So, Blizzard released a teaser image for the Pandaren female toon to hype the upcoming Mists of Pandaria expansion.
Now, I struggled for a long time this week, trying to write something, anything that could sum up where I think Blizzard is going with this, as opposed as to where they should.
Well, turns out that @applecidermage wrote something absolutely awesome about it three days ago, so I'm just going to cop out and point you at her post.
Personally, I'm going to roll a guy pandaren - I know most of my toons are female, but that's because the guys in WoW tend to look like shaved gorillas with steroid abuse issues. But it doesn't really matter to me. It matters for a lot of y'all, though, so let's see what you think about it.
On to the weekly reports.
Raiding reports! Here's Team Kaels:
Team Kaels downed a new heroic mode boss last week, Zon’ozz. He is otherwise known as the pingpong boss. And, let me tell you, I had serious doubts about this one. Weeks after we killed Madness of Deathwing, we were still having trouble with this guy in normal mode. But we managed it, somehow. We didn’t manage to kill him on heroic a second time this week, however, so we’re far away from getting him on farm. And I turned him the absolute wrong direction a couple of times, and got confused between left and right… OK, so I was not at my best last night.
Hagara is the next heroic boss that we'll be attempting. There are a bunch of charts about precise movement needed to kill this encounter most efficiently on 10-man. Apparently this one is much harder in 10s than in 25s. And I still have problems stepping out of Focused Assault on time. Whimper.
Here also is Team RubiPam:
Team RubiPam is 7 of 8, having killed Spine last week, but we are a bit stuck on the last segment (literally) of Deathwing, aka Madness of Deathwing. Since Rubidium was going to be out of town Friday, this Tuesday we did the first 3 bosses with an alt of his, then used his lockout to try Madness. We came close, but just couldn't seal the deal. So, we will be at it again next week, and I hope will finally get Madness and move on to heroic modes.
And finally, courtesy of Mahuae, our Tab 8 Report:
Tab 8 Report:
Breastplate of Despair, lvl 85 plate
Crystalline Geoknife, lvl 85 fist
Crystalvein Sabatons of the Earthfall, lvl 84 plate
Darrowmere Handwraps of the Invoker, lvl 80 cloth
Direforge Sabatons of the Mercenary, lvl 80 plate
Direforge Pauldrons of the Tiger, lvl 80 plate
Etched Horn, lvl 81 relic
Glowworm Cavern Bindings, lvl 73 mail
Heavy Geode Mace, lvl 81
Helm of Holy Visions, lvl 83 plate
Mereldar Scepter of the Elder, lvl 82 Mace
Quickfinger Ring, lvl 85
Roffle's Ruffly Gloves, lvl 85 cloth
Runed Dragonscale, lvl 81 relic (two of these)
Stonewrought Legplates of the Soldier, lvl 83 plate
Stormforged Gauntlets, lvl 80 plate
Stormforged Helm, lvl 83 plate
Sussurating Treads of Shok'sharak, lvl 85 plate (three of these)
The Perforator, lvl 83 fist
Tol'vir Hereditary Girdle, lvl 82 mail
Vicious Dragonscale Belt, lvl 85 mail
Vicious Embersilk Bracers, lvl 85 cloth (five of these)
Vicious Fireweave Gloves, lvl 85 cloth
Volatile Thunderstick, lvl 83 gun
Waistguard of New Days, lvl 80 plate (two of these)
That's what I have for you this week.
For the Horde!