I’m on vacation in St. Thomas this week, so I won’t being doing much blogging. I was fortunate to squeeze in a TotC (25) run before I left for vacation. I was even more fortunate to snag Talonstrike. I still want the gun from Onyxia (25), but I certainly feel better now.
MMQB: Island Edition
November 30, 2009
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ICC Preview: Gunship Battle
November 27, 2009This is real simple, if you don’t want to know squadoosh about the Icecrown Citadel raid then don’t bother reading this article. My definition of a spoiler, however, is going into a raid encounter not knowing what to do, so I’ve been doing a little homework on the first four bosses that will be available when patch 3.3 is released.
Today’s article is about the Gunship Battle, the third encounter you’ll face.
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ICC Preview: Lady Deathwhisper
November 25, 2009This is real simple, if you don’t want to know squadoosh about the Icecrown Citadel raid then don’t bother reading this article. My definition of a spoiler, however, is going into a raid encounter not knowing what to do, so I’ve been doing a little homework on the first four bosses that will be available when patch 3.3 is released.
Today’s article is about Lady Deathwhisper, the second boss you’ll face.
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ICC Preview: Lord Marrowgar
November 24, 2009This is real simple, if you don’t want to know squadoosh about the Icecrown Citadel raid then don’t bother reading this article. My definition of a spoiler, however, is going into a raid encounter not knowing what to do, so I’ve been doing a little homework on the first four bosses that will be available when patch 3.3 is released.
Today’s article is about Lord Marrowgar, one of the first bosses you’ll face.
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MMQB: Gear Score
November 23, 2009Another Monday, and another week of raiding comes to a close. Last week I predicted we’d have four hunters on our VoA/Ony run. I was wrong we had five. Thanks to a healer shortage on Saturday we only had three hunters for our TotC (25) run. No hunter loot this week. Hunters are close on gear, but not on dps. This much competition combined with open role, combined with me only needing a few items, doesn’t bode well for getting what I need before Icecrown arrives.
It doesn’t help that our strategy for Anub (25) is all wrong. Of course it’s all wrong because our middle to bottom dps is atrocious. Read the rest of this entry »
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I Mourn for Shadowmourne
November 19, 2009MMO-Champion data mined information about Shadomourne the new legendary axe dropping from ICC. I play a dwarf hunter and am perfectly capable of wielding an axe. Apparently Blizzard is well aware of this and has restricted the classes that can use this to Warrior, Paladin and Death Knight.
Now since this is the PTR I’m sure it’s just an oversight and we can expect to see Hunter added to that list. If not I may have to get in touch with Mr. T and see how good his WoW hacking skills really are.
As a jewelcrafter I’d be perfectly happy loading the three gem slots with Delicate Dragon’s Eye for 102 agility. And my pet could use the strength, right? C’mon Blizz!
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Patch 3.3 – Ammo
November 18, 2009The speculation appears to over. The latest PTR build has brought hunters new epic ammo. It will be made by engineers, but available to all.
- You need to be honored with the Ashen Verdict to purchase the plans.
- Bullets require Goblin engineering and Arrows require Gnomish engineering. This means that a single engineer will only be able to make one type of ammo. I will probably be Goblin engineering, so please don’t ask me to make arrows.
- They appear to be cheap to make (and hopefully cheap to buy). One stack of bullets required two crystallized earth and one stack of arrows requires two crystallized shadow.
- The ammo does 91.5 dps. Read the rest of this entry »
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The Hunting Party Podcast, Episode 14
November 17, 2009
Hi folks! This week, Darkbrew, Frostheim, and I have the distinct pleasure of interviewing Kripparrian, the hunter with the most DPS records. In case you’re wondering how that works, if you go to worldoflogs.com and look at hunter DPS or damage done benchmarks, it’s his name you’ll see there most often. Kripparian is a hunter in the Exodus guild, a major PvE guild with many world firsts under their belt.
If you want to know how he does it, you can (a) listen to this week’s podcast, (b) visit his youtube channel, (c) check out a post Euripides wrote on OutDPS trying to piece together how he manages his cooldowns, (d) check out a similar post by Frostheim about stacking cooldowns and procs, or (e) search fruitlessly for a similar post here at the Brew Hall (hint: you won’t find one).
In addition to having beaten the PvE game, Kripparian has made (and spent!) hundreds of thousands of gold, has finished every arena season in which he’sparticipated in as a gladiator, and has 10620 achievement points.
As always, here is the iTunes store link, the Hunting Party Podcast feed, and the direct XML feed. If you email us comments or questions, we’ll read them on the next show. Send an email to huntingpartypodcast@gmail.com.
If you don’t do syndicated podcasts, and just want to download this week’s MP3 and play it on your player of choice, click here.
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MMQB: As Good as it Gets
November 16, 2009Monday has arrived and that means another raid reset is upon us. Patch 3.3 continues to bake in the oven and it seems close to being done. More raid bosses were tested, the Halls of Reflection are open, and a lot of the yummy loot has been added to the game. I have to say the Emblem of Frost Hunter gear is looking nice. It is itemized well, has red and yellow sockets, agility bonuses, and a distinct lack of haste.
Speaking of gear, I’m coming to the realization that that I could be marching on Icecrown Citadel with my current gear set. Assuming an early December release for patch 3.3 (I’m thinking 12/8), there just aren’t many shopping days left. Still on the wish list are Ranged, Melee, Legs, Trinket, and Belt; in that order! I’m going on vacation the week after Thanksgiving, so given my raid schedule that leaves two Onyxia and VoA runs, and one TotC (25) run. This had better be one heck of a lucky week in terms of drops and rolls, or this may be as good as it gets. Read the rest of this entry »
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The Hunting Party Podcast, Episode 13
November 13, 2009Hi folks! This week, we interview the guy your raid leader points to when you don’t succeed in your efforts to get out of the fire: Quadilious. He’s a hunter, he’s a quadriplegic, and he raids hard modes. How much more badarse can one get?
As always, here is the iTunes store link, the Hunting Party Podcast feed, and the direct XML feed. If you email us comments or questions, we’ll read them on the next show. Send an email to huntingpartypodcast@gmail.com.
If you don’t do syndicated podcasts, and just want to download this week’s MP3 and play it on your player of choice, click here.
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The Brew Hall
