Troll Butcherer, dood. Freaking WoW’s version of the Haseo-brand chainsaw sword. Old man Phil passed along a Massacre chant-on-a-scroll, for extra AWESOME.

If Hynderia were a Fury Warrior at 80, she could dual-wield it. But, this space goat is Arms, so she only gets one. Still, CHAINSAW SWORD! (Or at least looks close enough to one.)

Not sure if I’ll get her a Quel’Delar just so she has one— it has a pretty long shelf life as Leslie was able to make hers last until 83-ish before it started to become obvious that there were better 2h swords out there. I’m not sure if Hynderia, too, will end up being another sword junkie or if I’ll find/make some badass freaking axe. (Leslie I was kinda picky with… swords or bust with her!)

Elsewhere, Yoshi is close to once again being raid-viable. Finally got Exalted with Baradin Wardens and I think I’ve hit my limit on gear upgrades I can do with justice points/reputation. BUT, it looks like this time my brother may want to take me with him when we start fishing for raid teams, as opposed to last time when he just went off on his own. Not sure who I’ll be gearing up next… boss and bro sound like they may want Phil just so we have healers on hand once one of our other guildies leaves for boot camp (!). I don’t mind, but I like playing Hynderia and Rei, too… hmm.

Guh, I should have gone to bed already.

Ah, extended maintenance. Usually the signal of OMG PATCH, and in this case, it’s the one that literally sets up for the END OF THE WORLD.

Cataclysm? Do want. Screw coordinating with my brother, if I can just buy the upgrade code at launch. I bought the activation codes for vanilla, BC and Wrath, so why change? Less waste of having all that packaging that I’ll never touch, either. :P

Anywho, while the masses cry about nerfs and talent overhauls and what-have-you, I’ll tell you what I’m reeeeeeally looking forward to: Flexible Raid Lock. HELL YEAH. No more being SOL for the week when my raids bleed out after some fool ragequits after Marrowgar, or during the mass bleed-outs in 25-man after freaking Saurfang. (Well, 10-man bleed-outs have been less of an issue for Leslie and Yoshi as of late, those two have been pretty good about getting into raids that can clear up to Sindragosa.) If they bleed out, it’s just a matter of flashing my golden ticket and transmigrating into a less fail group later on in the week.

Because, you know, I reeeeeeally want Kingslayer. Bwahahaha~

Also? Scaled mount speeds. Now, I’m probably in a minority, but I like the looks of the basic ground mounts (especially the horses and hawkstriders) FAR more than the “epic” ground mounts. Since when does “armored horse” = “faster horse?” If anything, armor should make you slower! Nice to know that I can break out my AMAZING HORSE that isn’t encumbered with all that ugly armor and looks all evil, but not be slower than mud. This applies particularly to Yoshi and Phil. Something about cloth-users… they just look better on basic mounts. :P Same goes for their original flying mounts; the base gryphons look so much cuter!

Finally… really? Dual Monitor Support? It’s mentioned in the patch notes. I AM INTRIGUED. I’ll have to investigate further when the servers come up.

This time it was Leslie’s turn to get thrown into ICC 10-man and this time she not only got stupidly lucky but also scored HUGE— new DPS bracers/gloves, healer sword and shield, and a crapload of rep/Frost cookies. She landed in a group of mostly people who had high gearscores (a rather failtastic means of measurement but one we must make do with since nobody can settle on an alternative) and were otherwise not stupid. We burned the ever-loving smoo through, well, EVERYONE but Mr. Lich King (who we managed to get to… what, 60%?) and then we had to stop since people had to go to bed for work in the morning and such.

Pretty good chance of a continuation tomorrow though… and I hope there is, because I want that Kingslayer title. A new weapon that could potentially transplant Lesalia’s Quel’Delar would be nice, but I want that title so I can send it to my brother and gloat. It’d make me the second person and character in the guild to have it— my brother is currently the sole titleholder and it’s on his shammy! (Boo that man. I kid. This pally isn’t my main, either.)

Frostwing Halls achievement will do, though, as my new golden ticket for future ICC10 teams.