Kibibi was my first Alliance character I made, and there was no doubt at that time I wanted a mage. Over time, although I wouldn’t say I have ‘mastered’ the class, I understood it quite well, and managed to hit my ‘big’ goal of reaching level 70. I’ve even managed to get her geared well enough for Kara, and I run it about twice a month with my guild. I still have tailoring to level, a myriad of quests to finish, as well as continuous rep to grind and better gear to obtain. I have a problem though, I’m not sure if I want to do that. Read the rest of this entry »

Speaking of the number of characters in our guild, I read THIS post from WoW Insider today, talking about how Blizzard should have some kind of official alt-tracking feature. Man, that would be sweet! I know as it is, our officers just use the member notes to keep track of who is a main, and who is an alt. Which, admittedly, isn’t all that bad. I use Guild FU to tell me, among other things, the note attached to the character, which usually tells me who the alt belongs to. Read the rest of this entry »

I participate in a site that collects statistics on realms. (WarcraftRealms) Although not really ‘helpful,’ it’s interesting to see various stats about a particular server. The mod I use collects all sorts of information, from guilds, characters, levels, races, times played, last seen, activity ratios, etc. After the jump, I pulled some common data I look at for our realm… Read the rest of this entry »

So, you’ve just hit 70. After long-last, you’ve maxed out your level. You’re just chomping at the bit to get into heroics, and start your progressing all the way to Sunwell Plateau. The only thing stopping you (besides rep in many cases)? Gear, that’s what! You’ll quickly learn that you can’t just jump into Zul’Aman with any ordinary gear you’ve snagged from quests. How do you get help with it? Well, the Armory is always a good place to start, as it can certainly offer upgrade choices, but how do you know you’ll be ready for Karazhan/Gruul’s Lair/Serpentshrine Cavern/Tempest Keep etc? Enter: Be Imba! Read the rest of this entry »