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Beggars (Part 2)

It is inevitable. We get the whisper from some poor hobo. He needs gold and is too lazy to "work" for it. We smile.

us: sure

hobo: im right next to you

(he opens the trade window)

hobo: still there?

us: yeah, i'm trying to initiate a trade

hobo: its already up

us: i don't see it

hobo: thas wierd

us: cancel and let me try

us: do you see it?

hobo: nope

us: i think it is bugged, im gonna /refreshui, you should too

hobo: what is that?

us: it reloads the user interface. I've had problems trading since the last patch

hobo: what is the command?

us: um, the hot key is alt+f4

(alt + f4 is a windows hot key. it instantly closes the current application without warning)

hobo (a few minutes later): just closed wow when i did that, waited a little while and just restarted, very anoying

us: the only thing more annoying is beggars

Building a Boar

Sparkles can destroy most mobs without taking any noticeable damage. Why is this important? It means you can take two or three mobs around your level without any problems. And those pesky elite mobs? When you see the boar's health dip, use mend pet and keep on going.

When grouping, always keep a watchful eye on the squishies. They will love you when the boar rushes in to pull aggro away from them. At this point, you might have two or three mobs on the boar. You have a few options.

We like to kill the mob with the lowest health first. If two or more mobs are still on Sparkles, we run in and freeze one. At this point, some of the other party members should be free to help. If not, the freeze trap will provide some temporary relief and give the Mend Pet some time to work its magic.

Active boar skills:

• Growl: Great for grabbing aggro
• Charge: Rush in, daze the mob for a second. Add x attack power to next attack.
• Gore: Gores mob with a 50% chance to do double damage. We like those odds
• Cower: Great when you have a "real" tank in the party. We usually leave this off

Passive boar skills:

• Cobra reflexes: Great for interrupting casters
• Avoidance: May not be that useful at lower levels
• Natural Armor: Your boar already has an armor buff. Give him as much as possible and tank away.
• Great Stamina: More health is always a good thing

Misdirection

A warlock challenged us to a duel. We LOVE dueling. Sparkles goes into a rage and we destroy him.

lock: i tried to fear your pet

(Misdirection begins)

us: Sparkles, and all boars, are immune to fear

(Bestial Wrath makes Sparkles immune to fear)

lock: didn't know that

us: boars rule!

lock: lol, he was really fast too

(Cobra reflexes * Frenzy = super fast attack speed)

us: wanna go again?



We always use misdirection.

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The Tank

Doing an instance this weekend we came across the tank hunter. His melee skills were unparalled. Then he starts trying to tell me how to play

tankhunter: place xplosion trap and then run up and raptor strike untill dead

us: I'll follow your directions when you start using your bow. Did you forget to buy arrows?

tankhunter: i got really good sords [itemlink] [itemlink]

us: Those are nice! However, we have a real tank and you can do alot of damage with Aspect of the Hawk and Hunter's Mark.

tankhunter: im doing more damage than u!

us: doubt it

tankhunter: (posts data from DamageMeters) see, im better than u!

us: Lets sync and see who is on top

tankhunter: (silence)

us: You've also died four times. You should update your damage meters

DamageMeters works best when all members of the party have the latest version installed. We use the option to combine player and pet data when grouped to avoid any confusion.

The Alliance Macro

hobo: can i barow 2g?

us: sure, we just made 45g on the AH

hobo: wher r u

us: at the pet trainer in org, where are you?

hobo: bank

us: ok
(several moments later)

hobo: u comin?

us: respecing sparkles the boar, you can come to us.

hobo: whr is it?

us: north org (valley of honor) look at your map

hobo: k

hobo: i've bn loking fro liek 5 mn, wear ru

us: at the mailbox in org by the bank

hobo: i thoght u wer at teh north org?????

us: thought you were gone, so i went to check the mail again

He finally finds us and opens the trade window. We shut it down and then shut him down with the alliance\hobo\pest macro. Behold!

/rasp
/spit
/slap