Why I Blog

From a comment on Tobold’s excellent post about the tank shortage in the World of Warcraft (or more accurately, the Protection-spec’d Warrior shortage): I’ve been playing WOW for 2+ years now and everytime I see pvp hurt pve, it makes me wish there was a viable pve alternative to WOW. I happen to think there … Read more

EQ2: A Bard’s Dream, an Epic Done

I had only an hour left on my Maidens instance. If I couldn’t get it done in that hour, I’d have to start Maidens from scratch, and it would have to wait another day. Sunday, I was incredibly excited about getting my epic, the Ayonian Axe. I had the absolutely most perfect Maiden’s group imaginable … Read more

EQ2: Tales of a Master Jeweler

The best thing about Dorah’s tradeskill epic, is that it was done, start to finish, in a day. She was already a level 80 jeweler, but didn’t have the faction to get the quest. Three easy quests later (kill a dozen cats, click on six weapon caches in the Swamp of No Hope, click on … Read more