BlizzCon & the state of Warcraft

Well another BlizzCon has come & gone, but alas, this time I was left watching the con from my living room. They sold 20,000 tickets in less than 1 minute...that's insane!

One real benefit of buying the Internet Stream (not DirecTV in my house) is that I was able to watch the opening ceremony live, and then got to watch the rest of the segments "On Demand" from the website. If I had been there, it would have been "What did he say? Did I hear that correctly?" and then wait until I get to the hotel to see what the blogs/fansites were saying!

That being said, I'm writing these thoughts since Silvermoon-US is currently down, along with a BUNCH of other servers as Blizzards Battle.Net authentication network has a massive stroke. :S

Warrior Caps!

Okay, so I'm trying to make sure that I've got all of my bases covered & after scouring over a TON of different posts on several sites, I believe I've compiled a concise list of the "soft caps" for a warrior. I've posted them here, so I can quit emailing myself this info & possibly help someone else out. Please feel free to comment below if my numbers are completely out of whack.

Protection-Tank:
Hit Rating: 163
Expertise (Rating): 24 (189)
Defense: 540

DPS-Fury:
Hit Rating: 165 (w/Precision)
Expertise (Rating):
- 18 (149) with Weapon Mastery
- 26 (214) without Weapon Mastery

DPS-Arms:
Hit Rating: 263
Expertise (Rating):
- 18 (149) with Weapon Mastery
- 26 (214) without Weapon Mastery

BlizzCon 2008!!!

This Friday & Saturday, geeks from around the world will gather in Anaheim, California to see what Blizzard, Inc. has to offer. Blizzard is responsible for franchises such as StarCraft, WarCraft & Diablo. They also infected the world with World of WarCrack, which has been present in my life for the better part of 4 years.

So, a friend of mine and I are headed out to Cali to ROCK BLIZZCON!!!

Patches?

It appears that in v2.4.3 Blizzard has made the decision to allow mounts at level 30. Man this really chaps my ass, since I just hit 43 on my priest. Ah well, on the bright side, it gives me a reason to level my hunter and warlock (25/21) again. ;)