Durrrr....

Went and did Escape from Durnhold. or Durnholde. or something. I dont know why there's that "e" at the end of the word, or why i put it there sometimes. it's just that i've seen many names in wow that has the e at the end, but if the word were spelled without it, it would phonetically be the same. phonetic, as in sounding the same. phonics is not about phonetics. sorry, random thoughts.

Anyway, manders and i went to durnhold and kicked butt (although baby aggro was kicking my butt for some of the instance), and actually did the quest to progress through the story. glad i did because right after, i went to see the dragon disguised as a kid (do you even know why they choose to take on humanoid forms?) and he gave me another quest to enter the black morass. a lot of dark butt jokes can be made from that. but anyway, got the quest and for the rest of the night, we basically goofed off. i queued for a random outland heroic, but was short a tank/healer for most of the night. at about the 1 hour queue mark, i dropped queue and called it a night.

I really think the old LFG tool should be added for those who want to do instances within our realms that the LFD tool isnt going to allow us to do. what do i mean from this is that after a certain level, i am unable to queue for certain instances. or at least, i dont know how to queue for them yet. but i did get a random level 80 warlock added to a scholomance group. so how did that happen? what i wanted to do is to just be, say level 75, and be able to group up to run through keepers of time instances to get rep. i just hit "friendly" and will not be getting anywhere close to honored any time soon. this is mainly due to the lack of people doing black morass. although there may be a few who actually do the starting quest to do durrrrn, i find that its almost impossible to do it in offtimes. also, i've never been in an outland heroic yet. this is due to no tanks or healers queueing for them. sometimes i wish i can tank. but i've resolved to level as DPS this time. i do have vuhdo (like grid/healbot) set up to cleanse/purify/taunt and flash of light heal.

So here's why i like using vuhdo. i love using it on Diinky, which is my druid healer. but that's not the reason why i like using it. its a mix of healbot and clique in a nice little interface. what it allows me to do is use any mouseover commands i have when i mouseover their healthbars. also, i am able to healing/dispell while clicking, or scrolling.

So this is how i use my spells with vuhdo on my ret paladin.
Right click - Righteous Defense (taunt. honestly, i'd rather take the hits than the healer, or clothie. at least i'll have a better chance to live plus it gives the tank a little more time to pull the mobs back.
Left click - Flash of Light. now i try to use this only when i have everything else on cooldown and my Art of War has procced. otherwise, i dont use this.
Mouse Scroll up - Purify.
Mouse Scroll down - Cleanse.

That's it for the ret. as far as purify and cleanse go, they cost the same amount of mana, one cleans poisons too. that's it, i believe. why this isnt one spell is beyond me. but there you have it. for dispells, i get a notice on vudo showing my green healthbars are now purple, or blue, or whatevers. this means they need a purify or cleanse. i go ahead and mouseover their healthbar and scroll up. done.

as for taunts, i will know who has aggro when their healthbar gets a red outline. its not a red glow or anything. their names also turn red and they have >> and << around their names on their health bar. so red outline, red name, red lessthan/greatherthan signs, and i will certainly know who specifically has aggro. if its a mess and i see aggro on the healer, i simply mouseover their name, and rightclick. thats it. never seen a cleanse happy dps have you? nope. and in instances, i usually dont see too many cleansing/dispelling healers either. not until i ask, of course. lol.


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Update on Rep.
Now im trying to get rep with Keepers of Time. Im friendly, but would like to at least get honored to unlock heroics. as of right now, i can do hellfire heroics, auchindoun heroics, coilfang heroics and tempest keep heroics. the last set is the caverns of time heroics, which is just durnholde and black morass. and im sure at 80, i can solo these even in heroics. but i do not want to. actually, i want to do it now. not because i am lazy, but because i am level 71 and am ready to keep doing these instances. i do not want to do them at 80. i seriously do not want to. the challenge isnt as great, although soloing it can be challenging, its not as fun as destroying the instance with four other people. since things have been nerfed to oblivion, why cant we just do these instances, even the heroic versions, at 68 instead? this may help change the face of a dying series of instances. i cant actually uninstall wrath so my experience locks at 70. but for me who wants to do these instances at around 70, it becomes a bit frustrating when i have to limit my leveling in order to actually do these instances before i cant do them anymore. meaning, once i hit a magical level, i will not be able to queue for normal outland instances. once i hit another level, i wont be able to queue for heroic outland instances. and there's some recipes that i'd like to purchase. i really want these stupid, but somewhat useful enchanting recipes, like threat to gloves or dodge to cloak. who uses that anymore? but i wantsss it!!

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Last thought for today, i think.... lol

my girlfriend just got a new laptop. so i might start playing with her. things may get interesting soon. but i'll have to teach her how to play and things. i wont teach her everything i know and i definitely will not show her how to play like i play. some things should be left to be discovered and i think its best to be discovered on your own. although she is more of a social rather than a hardcore player, it will be interesting to at least do a few things with her in-game. she'll definitely be using the dressing room feature a lot, and im sure her pick of clothes and gear will be based a lot on looks. but that's fine. gear design is there for a reason. hopefully, she'll want to play as horde. lol. we'll see.