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Published on March 3, 2008 by Phaelia
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Well, I’m back after what feels like a month long vacation (or maybe that was just the 11 hour ride home from Los Angeles). We had a wonderful, wonderful time, and I can’t say enough great things about Carnival. Cruise vacations can be a tremendous value, especially if you don’t have your heart set on a room with a view. Following Bellwether’s recent examples, here are a few of my favorite pictures from our trip:

Dinner Silliness Valenna - This Ain't Thistle Tea! Margaritas in Puerto Vallarta Valenna and Me on the Beach Valenna Needs More Energy

I had originally intended on bringing research materials so I could work on a few articles for the site while I was away. Unfortunately, excessive indulgence in wine (21 bottles between the four of us) and Mexican tequila made this all but impossible. Nonetheless, I am working on a new series of articles related to the changes to mana regeneration coming in 2.4, something I’m very excited to share.

Because we were paying for Internet time by the minute and Valenna and I were sharing a little over 55 minutes, I didn’t have much time for surfing. What little time I did have was spent reading (but not responding to) e-mails and comments, doing some administrative stuff over at Blog Azeroth and watching my Google Reader unread item totals climb at an alarming rate. In fact, when I opened my reader this morning I was greeted by the following horrors:

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I mostly skimmed subject lines, read the ones that sounded especially interesting (including all of your posts, of course), and guiltily clicked the "Mark all as Read" button. Ahhhh … much better! Restoration Druids have understandably been in a tizzy over the recently announced nerf to the Lifebloom coefficient, and Leafshine has put together a web log campaign for those interested in showing their support. For my part, I’ve been trying very hard to stay upbeat. It helps that I have mostly stopped PvPing and so am generally unaffected by most of the ridiculously overboard nerfs to the spec coming in 2.4. The Lifebloom nerf has been hard to swallow, though, especially in light of some of the improvements being given to other classes.

Anyway, while I loved our vacation, I’m relieved to be home and back at the Compose Draft screen. Please be a little patient as I catch up on comments and e-mails over the next few days!

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  • Gravatar Inwë (formerly Silmae)

    Aww Welcome back!
    Cute photos and what a sight! Carnival is lovely; I’ve had wonderful experiences with them as well.
    I’m sure I speak for all of us when I say: I can’t wait for the new posts! Take your time catching up :)

    ciao~

    6:49 pm on 3/3/08
  • Gravatar Softi

    welcome back! Glad to hear ya had such a good time :) looking forward to your mindboggling posts again ;) lol

    10:19 am on 3/4/08
  • Gravatar Sydera

    Welcome back Phae! Quick question for you on Spirit/Intellect. I’m wearing what I think is really typical druid gear, with Int at 502 and Spi at 415. I had more raw spirit than this in my Karazhan gear–it looks like ZA/badge gear didn’t give enough Spirit. Should I be prioritizing Spirit for future “upgrades” only, or would it be worthwhile to, say, try to bid on the Ethereum Life-Staff from Solarian for its Spirit when I have the Staff of Dark Mending, which is usually considered an upgrade from Ethereum but lacks Spirit? In other words, are we going to be changing our definition of what an “upgrade” is?

    12:36 pm on 3/4/08
  • Gravatar Matticus

    I wonder if all that alcohol consumption will affect your posts. ^^

    1:18 pm on 3/4/08
  • Gravatar Zackoria

    Little late on this (virus trouble =/) but welcome back Phae! ^_^

    21 bottles… wow

    2:28 am on 3/8/08
  • Gravatar Phaelia

    @Everyone: TY for the warm welcomes!

    @Sydera: Sorry I’ve been so long in responding to your question. I’m actually working on something now that should help you out. Unfortunately, it’s turning into a larger project than I was expecting. GREAT question, though! :-)

    11:44 am on 3/8/08

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David
Congratulations! Cute baby!

Tsuki
I’m so late that little Colin ain’t swimming on his mini-shirt anymore by now. And Mr. Phae and the classic “drooling daddy” face, priceless. Grats Phae and family!

Rayvis
First I want to say congratulations on your new baby boy, albeit a little late. As a Druid myself, formerly Resto even, I found this to be pretty awesome. I had my first child in October, also a boy. He just happens to have the exact same onesie that you’re little boy is wearing in the video. It’s my favorite outfit of his because I am my son’s superhero! As a side note, I hope you’re enjoying your new seed. They grow like weeds though and you start wondering...

Snowmaidn
I certainly never looked that good when I sprouted my seedlings. Thanks for all the great advice on this site. Things have changed a lot over the years and 60 was the highest you could go when I last played before this year. I got back into the game again about 6 months ago after taking a 4 year break when I was pregnant with my daughter.
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Wow, a wife interested in MMO’s and Marvel?! Mr. Phae is one fortunate man. Regards
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@Terrorpaw: This information is vastly outdated. Notice that the article indicates patch 3.0.8 while the current version is 3.3. The amount of haste needed for resto druids to reach 1 second GCD has been shuffled considerably. I’ve been poking around on this site and I find it likely that much of the information here might be outdated.

Terrorpaw
Not to distract from your information, but this is confuddling to me. Everyone on the druid forums just touts that with CF and GOTEM you should see 735 haste on your character sheet? Are they just dead wrong?

Ck
This is actually really useful – thanks for this! Is it still current and user friendly? I somehow managed to get up to 740 Haste without trying, and even with scrapping all haste enchants and gems – I am still languishing on 723 :(
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I’ve been using this addon since I started playing some over a year now. I can’t imagine wow without it since. To swap bags you can right click the one you wish to free up and select ‘filter’. Then drag all the stuff into another bag. Also you could just swap a bag from inventory to your bank still full of stuff.
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