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This one can get a bit strange.. Not the best editing.

News and stuff

The world seams to be bursting with new life. There are so many things going on with the World of Warcraft that I don't know where to start.

Spells and Talents:
Yesterday blizzard announced the Burning Crusade talents and spells for 6 of the 9 classes. Warrior, Shaman, Paladin, Mage, Rogue and Warlock. All of these changes are very exciting and add some unique features to the game. Of course on the forums you have those that choose to moan and groan, and you know that blizzard will make tweaks and changes to them before the release. But for now It's a glimpse in what to expect in the up coming expansion.

I can't wait to see shaman whipping out their fire elemental or wielding 2 axes, Also the bloodlust ability for Horde shaman is very uber. The mage class gets invisibility which they had in beta but lost upon release, and Spellsteal which allows them to take 1 beneficial spell from an opponent and use it as their own.

As for the other classes, go to the official website and read the upcoming changes.

Tons of screen shots:
Thanks to the friends and family alpha release groups of people like Nogghoholics are posting a ton of new screen shots on the web.



Some truely intense stuff here. I uploaded 116 total images to my Flicker account in order to save them some bandwidth.

Battleground Survival Guide.

One of the biggest aspects that I enjoy about this game is PvP. Nothing feels better then to actually cut down a foe or put an arrow in the skull of a gnome. Even though the thoughts of such activities sounds enticing they are rather intense and just like sex you need practice and intelligence to be any good at it.

This short guide will prepare you for starting PvP and give a refresher course to the seasoned killer.

Let me first start off telling you about my experience in battlegrounds. The highest rank that I had ever achieved was 90% of the way into rank 9. Then life set in and I had to take my leave. Of course this was on the server Burning Legion and with a shaman. Burning Legion for those who haven't heard much about it was one of the more elite PvP servers. It's home of Enigma, OG, Jagd and original home to Executus's famous Ropetown.
I have had the privilege to play along side some of WoW's true champions. However it was so hard to rank up on Burning Legion that most people PvP'd simply for sport or rep with the various factions.

The best way for me to describe how to be elite even though I'm not myself is to explain what I've been taught by the masters and what I've learned along the way. Just a note before you get to deep into this type of game play style. It's tough, you'll loose, you'll nub out, but never ever let it discourage you. You'll learn with time and with the proper gear and patience you'll eventually push yourself to the next level and destroy all that stand in your path.

Practice with duels: Join your guild mates in friendly duels to sharpen the skills you'll use against battleground opponents. The more you duel the better you'll get. Your friends will be more than happy to tell you of your mistakes and from that you'll learn tactics the will aid you in defeating opponents from each class. So practice, practice, practice.

Travel in groups: PUGs suck, in PvE as well as PvP. Especially so in Warsong Gulch where if your PUG can't score a single time you'll waist a good portion of time, and there is no reward for being the suck. Instead join battlegrounds with guild mates or friends, use ventrillo to communicate, and learn the tactics that best suits your team then stick with it.

Know when to run away: Say you're at the farm and 2 warriors and a druid come charging at you. RUN! Run to the nearest group of friendlies then turn around and fight. 3 >1 always. But still use your brain. For instance, you're in the flag room when 3 opponents come running to grab the flag. Your job then is to stall them as quickly as possible and keep them in position till help arrives. Even if that means that you have to die in the process.

Spec and Gear: As a hunter the best PvP build in my opinion is 0/21/30. You would not believe the difference this setup made in my PvP life style. Each class has it's own tried and true PvP spec so the best thing to do is to read the forums and find out what works best for you.

For most classes there is gear that will benefit you more in PvP then PvE. Your job when starting the PvP train is to do some research. Check our what stats you need then fill up on it. For instance hunters need +agility and +chance to crit. We can get most of the stats we need from our Giantstalker's set. There is also the PvP armor that you can buy as you rank up. A good place to find out about armor and items for your class is again on the WoW forums.

Play Smart: This is self explanatory.. For the love of god use your brain.

PvP can be fun, and rewarding so DO IT. Trust me it'll breath new life into the game.

New site coming soon.

I've decided to use my own blogging software away from blogger. This will give me far more flexibility to add goodies and features. I will however keep executus.blogspot.com going and updated with duplicate news because it provides a nice bit of traffic for me.

The new official Aspero of the Whorde URL is aspero.be

Patch 1.12 get ready to rumble!

I'm hosting a mirror for those of you that read my blog. You can find it here.

History of the Ashbringer

Corrupted Ashbringer
Binds when picked up
Unique
Two-Hand Sword
259 - 389 Damage Speed 3.60
(90.0 damage per second)
-25 Stamina
Requires Level 60
Equip: Inflicts the will of the Ashbringer upon the wielder.
Equip: Improves your chance to get a critical strike by 2%.
Equip: Improves your chance to hit by 1%.
Chance on hit: Steals 185-216 life from target enemy.
"Blade of the Scarlet High Lord"

This is the epitome of bad ass. The sword hits like a tank and steals life. But what interests me the most is the lore behind this awesome weapon.

Back story:
Ashbringer, the Blade of the Scarlet Highlord, is an object of great mystery and power.

One of the previous Highlords of the Scarlet Crusade, Highlord Mograine was known as the Ashbringer. Archmage Timolain crafted him a sword meant to be a bane against all the undead. It (and he) were called such because when he would take to the battlefield, his frenzied blows would fell the Scourge so fast that he would be surrounded in falling ash.

Several characters have mentioned the Ashbringer (or its maker Timolain) on occasion, but the only beings believed to know the current location of the Ashbringer are Nat Pagle, Master Fisherman, and Prince Tortheldrin, the leader of the Shen'dralar within Dire Maul. Getting the full story from them has proven difficult, but Tortheldrin's followers claim that he may be willing to tell what he knows if a player were to defeat the dragon Nefarian and share the tale with him. Some have brought Nefarian's head to Tortheldrin, though he said nothing that lead to the Ashbringer.

It now seems that Highlord Mograine was corrupted by Kel'Thuzad and serves him as a death knight in Naxxramas. He still wields the Ashbringer, though the blade has become corrupted as well. --WoW wiki

Where it drops:
The Corrupted Ashbringer drops from the four horsemen. The loot table of the four horsemen changes accourding to the order they are killed. Saving Mograine for last will give you a chance for the Corrupted Ashbinger to drop. If you're lucky enough to get this epic item you will be able to start a quest line to uncorrupt the Ashbringer, If you can find out how.

The Quest:
A korean guild has somehow found a way to start the quest chain. Here is a link to that information.

Apearently equiping the sword makes you friendly with the Scarlet Crusade and hated with the Argent Dawn. This allows you to walk into the Scarlet Monastary and chat it up with Scarlet Commander Mograine, whom just happens to be the son of Highlord Mograine. This triggers an event where a ghostly figure in full tier 3 Dreadnaught apears and starts a conversation with Commander Mograine. I found this translation online.

Mograine: son
Mograines Son: Father how?
Mograine: Do you think I forgot about your betrayal? I came here to pay you back. I am not bound by Kelthuzad anymore. Son! I come for justice. I am the Ashbringer and I shall have my vengeance.
Mograines Son: No! please, forgive me.
Mograine: You are forgiven my son.
After their conversation, Mograine kills his son in one shot. Then all the NPCs disappeared.

Realizing that theres one NPC trapped in the east corner of the room, he goes to the corner to talk to him. To his surprise, an undead (Fairbank) gets sanctified back into human and he expresses his gratitude for freeing him from the curse. Then he tells the player this long story about the history of Mograine and Ashbringer:

As you can see, thats a lot of material so I am just going to present a brief synopsis.

Mograine was a holy knight responsible for the founding of the Scarlet Monastery. During his time, the order embodied the true value of justice and its willingness to relinquish evil. But a tragedy has befallen where Mograines son betrayed his father by making a pact with Kelthuzad.
As planned, Mograine, Fairbank and his son were ambushed by thousands of undead soldiers. Mograines son fled but his father fought valiantly. While Fairbank being a puny ass, was slayed and buried deep beneath the bodies of the undead soldiers, he witnessed the scene where Mograines son held the Ashbringer and struck at his own father. In that instance, Mograine and Ashbringer became one, cursed with vengeful spirit.
Fairbank was able to escape and he alerted the son of Mograines betrayal to his fellow Scarlet Monastery members. Those who believed him established a new order called the Argent Dawn.

Now back to the sword:
Korean Player: Is it possible to cleanse this sword?
Fairbank: It is most likely that its too late to cleanse the sword that you have on your hand. The vengeance embodied within the sword is too deep! But dont loose hope. If theres an end, theres a chance for a new beginning. Find his son whos well known for his modesty and faith. It has been rumored that even without the Corrupted Ashbringer, its possible to construct a new Ashbringer.
Korean Player: What are you talking about? Hes already dead
Fairbank: You are wrong. You only killed one of them. The other still lives!

[High Inquisitor Fairbanks shakes his head]
No, orc! Only one of his son is dead. The other still lives.
[High Inquisitor Fairbanks points to the sky]
Outland...Go and seek him.
--www.ashbringer.com

When can a hunter melee?

A hunter should never rely on melee. I know this and so does just about every other good hunter in the game. For this post though I'm going to describe a talent build and some situations where a hunter should use what he always has available, the mighty melee weapon.

The inspiration behind this post is my recent goody from Zul'gurub, the halberd of Smiting. Before you start bashing me for rolling on it or spending DKP let me first say this. None of the warriors wanted it and it was going to get disenchanted. So I decided to grab it and check it out basically to write this post. No DKP spent.

Good news is that the Halberd, even though it has no stats for a hunter still hits insanely hard. Normal hits peak at about 450 vs leather, and crits can jump as high as 1374(largest I've got). With raptor strike it hits for a ton, and the weapon proc hits for an ass load... Perfect warrior weapon. So the question is, when do you use it?



My build pre Halberd was 5/31/15. Perfect build for raiding.
After the Halberd I went with 0/21/30 Great build for pvp. Please note that I put 2 points into savage strikes just for the polearm.

The BEST part about this build and the Halberd is the chance to crit with Raptor Strike. My Default chance to crit with a melee weapon is 11.5%, 2 points into Savage Strikes is 31.5%, with Killer Instinct (2 points) 33.5% and a 25 agility enchant on the Halberd would add another .5% chance to crit. Bringing the grand total to 32% chance to crit with Raptor Strike and this is with my 1 item that has a +1% chance to crit on it, so better gear would of course boost it even higher.

32% chance to crit with Raptor Strike + halberd of Smiting + Proc = PAIN!

It is possible against a clothy to hit them for more 1500 with a Raptor strike, and untill the 1.12 patch it's also possible for the proc during the Raptor Strike to hit them for another 1200 if it crits. When was the last time you've seen a hunter run up to a mage and 1 shot him with a polearm? Sounds kind of nice doesn't it.

Even though it's fun to cut people this is not what the 0/21/30 build is all about. I can't say this enough HUNTERS ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO MELEE! the tatic with this build is to immobilize your target if they get to close to you, run away and put an arrow in em. The only reason the Halberd is good is the proc, it goes off often. So with a Wing Clip you have a chance to add another 676-1200 damage to it. With a Counter Attack same thing, Boom 676-1200 damage. Not to mention if you are close enough and the cool down is up throw a Raptor strike in with it, or when you get a chance Mongoose Bite. After you leave your target immobilized and in pain back up and finish them off with a head shot.

So do I think the Halberd is a good weapon for hunters, yes and no. Raid specced hunters would never have a use for it. PVP specced hunters would enjoy the proc. So my final word of advice. If it's going to get disenchanted take it and have fun trying out a new spec, but NEVER EVER take it from a warrior or paladin. That's just wrong. They'll get far better use out of it then you ever will.

Before anyone has a chance to bash me for having it.. OMGZ Look hunter with a Halberd nub nub nub ROFLCOPTERS! Learn2play NUB! :)

Real Life Picture of Bonezz! OMGZ!

I won't actually post this picture because I want to keep some what of a pg13 rating on this web site, but apparently someone really loves Iced!

Warning Nudity

Nerfed! You are the bomb!

At the moment my guild is at the 5th boss in Molten Core, Baron Geddon. This isn't an incredibly hard boss but you do have to pay attention to your surroundings and EVERY other player in the raid. This is my short little guide to this encounter. Hopefully it makes things easier for your next run.

Baron's bag-o-tricks

Ignite Mana*:
Burns 400 mana from nearby enemies every 3 sec. For 5 min. Each point of mana that is destroyed also damages the target from which it is consumed.

Inferno:
Surrounds the caster with an inferno that periodically inflicts Fire damage to nearby enemies for 8 sec. Each Pulse of the flame increases in damage and does up to 2000 DMG a pulse after 9 pulses.

Living Bomb*:
Throws a bomb at an enemy. After 8 sec., the bomb explodes, inflicting 3200 Fire damage to the target and its nearby allies.

Melt Armor:
Reduces the armor of nearby enemies by 1000 for 1 min.

The encounter:
The main issue a lot of guilds have is with Living Bomb and Ignite Mana. I can't count the number of times that a kill was about to happen when BOOM, someone set us up the bomb.

The strategy that I grew up with involves 2 main groups melee DPSers (blue) and casters/ranged (red). The boss is tanked in front of the 2 groups, but far enough away so that the Inferno won't wipe out them out. There is also a bomb lane(white)which the person inflicted with Living Bomb must run to. After getting into position the fight is pretty straight forward.



The single most important thing to remember is that IF YOU ARE THE BOMB RUN TO THE BOMB LANE! He casts Living bomb ever 25-30 seconds and if you are the bomb you have 8 seconds till you explode. Run to the bomb lane and hug against the wall so when you explode you'll catch the wall and avoid fall damage. Needless to say going AFC even for even a second during this encounter could cost the life of your raid. Remember Bomb = bomb lane, bomb - bomb lane = death, death = no lewt, simple huh!

The only exception to this rule is if the main tank is the bomb. If this happens make sure that he is far enough away from the groups as to not wipe the raid, and ALL healers do your job and keep the poor guy alive. A shield right before the explosion wouldn't hurt.

Tactic for the Melee DPSers.
This is simple! Baron has a spell called Inferno in which he sends out 9 rings of fire. With each ring the amount of damage increases, the final ring does a whopping 2k damage. When you are kicking the shit out of Baron watch for the first ring of fire, then run to the blue dot on the map above. Try not to get hit by more than one, the healers need their mana for the main tank. After the final ring count to 3 so the tank can get full aggro again and rush in and commence kicking the shit out of Baron.

Ranged DPS and Casters.
Healers heal the main tank, Decursers decurse the mana ignite. and DPS do what you do best.

For the ranged DPSers, the best strategy is to go all out when the main tank has 5 sunder armors on Baron, but try not to pull aggro. So no nukes mages. When he starts to cast Inferno go with all white DPS, meaning hunters only auto shot, casters use your wands. He wipes some but not all aggro from the main tank... So the last thing you want is for him to come charging into the caster group.

Decurse damn you!!
At the planning stage of the encounter decide who will be decursing. Decursive is your best friend here. You should prioritize your decurse list for this encounter so that it doesn't include the people without mana. This is so very important because healers without mana are useless and the raid wipes. Read more about it here

Tip to Ranged:
There is a sweet spot that casters can enter where you are still in range, but you're out of range of his Mana Ignite. Don't count on using this as a tactic because guess what, the Baron will move and you'll be out of luck. Just thought I would throw it out there for you.

Fire Resist Gear.
If you're not main tank don't go all out because you won't need it. Main tanks should pop on the dark iron gear and attempt to hit the 250 mark with FR. Other then that if you stick to the strategy above you shouldn't get slapped around by Baron.

OMGZ LEWT!

Remorseless

Thanks to everyone in the guild Remorseless for inviting me to partake in the wholesome goodness of their raids and events.

Last night Gunns the hunter officer invited me to the guild and in no less then 5 minutes I was in a raid group bound for MC. Great times, I don't think I've laughed so hard during a raid in my life. It leaves me wondering thou, just how much damage can a shadow priest do? I personally can't wait for the next raid, and seeing how there is one almost every night of the week it may be soon.

Thanks again guys. :)

Wish list of a troll hunter.

I know that I won't see any of these items soon, but hey I can dream.

Naxxramas: There be lewt here!
Cryptstalker mmmmm. This is the best set to date. The interesting part about this set is that the items are won from quests. You collect a certain number of specific items and the armor is yours. In a way this is a lot better the old "OMG LEWT DKP DKP DKP" system seeing as you are rewarded for not only helping to take down a boss but also for attending and helping the raid get to the boss.

Check it out on Thottbot

Claymore of Unholy Might
Binds when picked up
Two-Hand - Sword
235 - 354 Damage - Speed 3.60
(81.8 damage per second)
+20 Stamina
Durability 120 / 120
Requires Level 60
Equip: +98 Attack Power.
Thottbot Link

Toxin Injector
Binds when picked up
68 - 128 Damage - Speed 2.00
(49.0 damage per second)
+10 Stamina
Durability 90 / 90
Requires Level 60
Equip: +28 Attack Power.
Thottbot Link

There are some other really nice items that await those skilled enough to enter Naxxramas. Such as the Band of Reanimation a +34 agility ring. Simply put these are some of the best items in the game at the moment, and damn I wish I had them. :)

WTB epic mount! PST!

So here's the deal. My hunter dinged 60 about 3 weeks ago. Since then I've gotten some pretty decent gear (beastmaster's and black dragonscale). I've still yet to find a decent bow even thou I've ran instances as many times as I can stomach. It's to the point that I'm contemplating the purchase of a Dwarven Hand Cannon but I need to save money for my epic mount. Choices.

In order to earn money I've spent a lot of time soloing the elementals in DM West, they drop librams but the damn things are almost worthless now. The main cash comes from the greens and grays that they drop. At the moment I can earn about 50-100 gold an hour this way... Still slow for my taste.

So here's the question, How did you get the gold for your mount?

My Desktop

New desktop, What do you think?
 

Server Transfer BLAH

Here's what happened, I was in a guild for a long ass time, Zero on Burning Legion. The server is one of the oldest in the World of Warcraft and had many benefits to being on it. Including some of the best PVP the game had to offer, but of course with age comes stability issues. We spent most of our time waiting for lag spikes to stop or trying to log in after a server crash, or just something that messed up. So the original guild Zero split into two groups, one went with Turmoil a BWL epic guild, and one continued down the path they where on by merging with Altimate. It's great for a while.

So then Blizz opens up paid character transfers and guess what, the majority of both guilds transferred. I choose to go with the altimate people to Executus... bad move, little did I know that they would merge with Stugots one of the best guilds on the server and one of the guilds with the strangest raid times. FUCK! So here I'm stuck on executus for 6 months and no guild.