Noble Garden (Easter) Wreath

Here's some more shots of the Easter/Noble Garden wreath from the last post. Two things about it:

1. I wanted to do something festive for the holiday.
2. It had to use Alliance blue.
3. It had to ultimately use the peacock palette. Because why the hell not?
4. Have the feeling that I had to fight the rest of the server for those damn eggs a la Noble Garden!
5. Be pretty. :-P

Here are some more shots:

Warcraftier

Okay, I admit it--I've been slacking. It's been a bit difficult keeping up with posting as I've been busy with other endeavors (*cough*Pinterest*COUGH*). In many respects, I rarely pug these days, and I primarily do LFR for amusement. I've been keeping mainly to myself or interacting with the guild. So long story short, I've been in this little microcosom as of late and haven't had much to talk about.

With Blizzcon 2012 not happening this year, I've pretty much have put some of my cosplay efforts on the back burner. I'm still working on costumes, but not as much as I have been previously. Instead, I've been spending that time pursuing other crafting efforts. Well, that and moving. Moving certainly has helped kick things into crafting overdrive, as I now have a large house to fill with stuff!!! Crafting = affordable awesome decor! /win. And because I'm a geek, and this is a WoW-related blog, I'm pretty sure you know where this is going. Tee hee.

Here are some of my efforts:


Conjured Fel Croissants

Cuz stuffz from the Twisting Nether is deliciously evil...erm, tasty!

This is pretty simple to make-- just spread Garden Veggie Schmear (Einstein's Bros. cream cheese), crumbled gorgonzola, shredded salami, and Shayne's Sauce's Texas Peach Pineapple Haberno jam (for that extra kick) onto the croissants, and roll like normal. Here I used the large, buttery croissants from Pillsbury. Very tasty!


Lion and Nobel Garden Egg Wreath


First off: BOOM, bunny ears! Second, yes I have a lion guarding my front door. Yes, I like to pretend it's one from Stormwind. Bite me, I play Alliance. :-P


More to come!

It's Warchief hunting season!

Now that the NDA has been lifted and the interwebs are literally being flooded with Mists of Pandaria information, we are now getting a much closer look at what to expect in the new expansion. I'm not going to lie to you, I get pretty excited come expansion time. It's a time of change and often we're presented with new and exciting things, be it new dungeons, battlegrounds, professions, lore, etc...but if anything, I'm super-thrilled this time around for this reason only:

"While the steps taking us there are still unknown, Metzen did reveal that the war waged in those patches will reach a massive conclusion: We will lay siege to Orgrimmar to remove the mantle of warchief from Garrosh Hellscream's shoulders. It didn't sound as if it would be an Alliance-only venture, so it seems the new Warchief of the Horde will get a little too Old School Grom for their taste. However, there is a possibility that the Horde will get to deal a similar blow of their own ... Knowing the fate of Garrosh Hellscream, it's possible nobody is safe this expansion. "

From WoW Insider.

Wait, what? So you're telling me that I get to:
1. Raid Org. Okay, been there done that.
2. Raid Org to pry the mantle of Warchief from his cold, dead hands?......!

I'm in.

Yes, you guys can have shitty Theramore. We'll take this in return. Mwahahahahahhahaha!!!!

Adaptability

Once again I'm a tank. I'm honestly not complaining--I rather enjoy tanking these days. I'm not sure if it's because this current iteration of the game has made tanking so much less of a challenge than it used to be, or if it's because my guild has an excellent synergy (and competence). Whatever the case, I'm enjoying running into packs of mobs and pulling like an aggro monkey on meth. Provided my healers can heal me, of course. Stupid pebbles causing LoS issues...

If there is one thing that I do enjoy about playing a warrior, it's that like the other hybrid classes, I have the capability of assuming an entirely different role and trying an entirely different playstyle without having to reroll. This is especially nice as my warrior, as we all know, is my main. However, this got me to thinking--pure dps classes don't have this kind of adaptability (in the same sense), do they? Let me break it down:

Hybrids classes that I have-- warrior, paladin, dk, priest
Pure classes that I have-- warlock

If I want to swap between tanking/dps on my warrior, I have 2 sets of gear. Duh.
I don't tank on a dk (I don't know how), but the principle would be the same as above.
If I want to swap between heals/dps on my pally, I also have 2 different sets of gear. Also, duh. Same as my priest.

My warlock on the other hand, if I'm needed to swap between destro/affliction there is fortunately much overlap between stat priority and BiS gear. However, if I wanted to try demo, I'm pretty much shit out of luck. Although much of the gear is shared between the two specs, the stat priorities are entirely different to the point where I would almost have to carry around 2 sets of gear. This isn't a concept that is unheard of for the hybrid classes (druids, calm down), but it's becoming more of a necessity for pure dps classes. Needless to say, it REALLY sucks to be a clothie right now. >.<