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anneelliotscat reblogged your post: I had to run a couple of dungeons for the Pride of…

I have the same problem. Most of my alts are in guilds, but I’m still pretty low-level, and are *any* of the dungeons playable as a solo? I like questing and gathering (waiting for the expansion which makes it so you can have unlimited professions!) and I’d love to explore the dungeons. But people run through them at top speed, so I never really learn them. =(

Ugh I know!

I make it a point to read the dungeon journal beforehand but the mentality is always “go! go! go! Pull more!” and so I’m mostly just aoe-ing and trying to keep up as the tank races on ahead. This is another reason why I’m reluctant to queue as tank because I remember from Legion that if I didn’t pull as fast as they wanted, then they’d pull for me and I loathe people pulling for me.

None of the dungeons from the latest expansion are soloable (for me anyway). I did try Shrine of the Storms the other day and found the third trash pack was just too much. Previous expansions though should be ok. I have only done Legion Normals (doing class hall quests) so I’ll have to try the higher difficulties but I don’t see why they would be a problem. Warlords raids are super easy to solo even on mythic, my health barely dipped below 100% at any point. Except for Hellfire Citadel as the mechanics mean I can’t get past the first boss *grumps* (this is all obviously at 120). Soloing at lower levels I could do Warlords dungeons and the raids on normal at 110. Erm at 100 I could do some Mists raids but I think I struggled on the 4th boss in Siege of Orgrimmar. Man I’m trying to remember further back, sorry it’s too many years ago :/

I’m a completionist. I like to do all the quests (Alliance and Horde), get all the achievements, level all the classes, level some classes more than once for the races, level all the professions, go after all the mounts and pets and toys etc. Hehe obviously this isn’t doable. I’d need to play 24/7 for years but hey it provides endless content as I do what I feel like of these things 🙂

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I had to run a couple of dungeons for the Pride of Kul Tiras questline so I was a ret pally and the mage in the group made one hell of a fuss as apparently we took the wrong door down to the basement. Now I have no clue really, I was just following the tank, but it just brought into sharp relief why I haven’t clicked to queue as tank this expansion.

In fact I barely clicked to queue as tank when I was playing during Legion, and I think I did it once when I got Warlords and my pally played so differently (lost abilities, changed stats, the ilevel squish, all in addition to the usual drop in power because we’re levelling again) that I was scared. I’d lost my selfhealing ability which had made me fall in love with tanking in the first place.

Simple fact is that I haven’t really tanked since Mists when I was the main raid tank for my guild. I think I said this in my last rambling post about Warcraft; that I once had a grasp on the game and now I’m just ??? no clue about it all.

Which brings me to my reason for this ramble – Siege of Boralus Mythic.

I have to complete it in order to finish the ‘A Nation United’ quest, get the achievement AND (from my perspective) fulfil the requirement for unlocking the Kul Tiran allied race. Logically I know I’m being dumb as I haven’t finished levelling my Void Elf Priest (and haven’t touched at all the Lightforged Pally, or Nightborne Mage I rolled). So it’s not like I need the Kul Tiran Druid anytime soon (I have a 110 Worgen Druid) but I just like the aesthetics – it looks cool!

BUT as a solo player, without a guild, without friends, and with crippling self-confidence issues – I’m never going to be able to find a group to complete this Mythic, which means I won’t be able to finish this quest until the next expansion when I can (hopefully!) go in and solo it (*insert grumble about Hellfire Citadel not being soloable*).

I guess this ramble is a slight rant because yes Warcraft is a MMO, it isn’t a single player game, but they brought in LFD and LFR so more players could experience all the areas of the game, it is lower difficulty, rewards are less but that’s fine with me! These days I’m just here for the story and to see all the cool stuff. They should have made Siege of Boralus have a heroic mode, and let us do the quest on that.

Anyway I’m going to shut up now. I need to do more Horde side but merlin help me if there’s some kind of Mythic requirement for unlocking the Zandalari allied race – I want my dino!druid and also they can be paladins – paladins! I mean sure I don’t need like a 5th paladin but they just look so cool!

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I can’t believe I waxed lyrical about The Librarians earlier and I didn’t once mention the soundtrack!

That is a totally unforgivable omission and oversight!

Seriously, seriously guys the music composed for this show is spot-on. Characters have their own themes but what I love best is that the music gets me excited for what’s happening on screen even when it’s like the nth time I’ve seen it. The way they play the score to emphasis the exciting bits is just awesome and it puts a smile on my face every single time.

Marie said her DVD is arriving today and mentally my mind brought up the image of the opening shot of Episode 1 AND AND! I heard the music score in my head. Seriously it is that good! Most scores are forgettable, this one is not.

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mariequitecontrarie  asked:

I’m still waiting for my first Librarians DVD to arrive. Tell me what you love best about it!

Oh wow I love this question! I get to metaphorically roll around in the thing that I love hehe *cackles with glee* but I do promise I will try and keep it brief. Alright! *rubs hands together*

The Librarians

I’ve said before that when I watch it, there’s this palpable feeling of warmth. It is comforting to watch, like being wrapped in a nice cosy blanket buuuuuut that’s how it feels! So what do I love best?

Oh man this is so hard to put into words actually, there’s just so much joy. I mean I honestly do love everything about it! The setting, the concept, the plots. Sure it’s not 100% perfect but nothing in life is and even when I go “hmm?” it’s not in a bad way. It’s in like a “that’s good but this might have been better” kind of thing. I’ve watched dozens of shows and pretty much without fail there is at least one episode I blacklist, and never ever rewatch. With this I’ll happily watch every single episode and I’m still super bummed that there isn’t going to be anymore.

Sorry I’m still waxing lyrical and not being specific.

I guess what it boils down to in the end is the characters and their interactions. I’m going to try not to do spoilers, I hope this isn’t too spoilery

  • I love how Jenkins at the beginning was closed-off, pretending not to care, but gradually he came to accept them as colleagues and then they became family. 
  • I love how enthusiastic they all are about their chosen interest. Flynn’s expression when he goes “I do not know and isn’t that fantastic!” because he just loves learning
  • I love how accepting they are of each other. They bicker and they want to help each other become the best versions of themselves but ultimately they care for each other how they are. I really want to get specific here but #NoSpoilers but it does apply in a way to all the characters.
  • I love how everything about them just feels natural. Like they aren’t just reacting to the plot/events, they are bantering with each other.
  • I love how unique their voices are, like how Flynn repeats words or says the same thing three different ways when he gets flustered.
  • I adore how excited Cassandra gets about science. She jumps on the spot and it’s so cute. I mean I just love all of the characters enthusiasm. It makes me happy to watch.
  • I love how the characters evolve (I mentioned Jenkins before) but they all have a journey and it’s subtle and there’s some backsliding but it’s there. They just feel like real people.
  • The dialogue is amazing, the banter and just ugh everything! There’s a lot of quotable/amusing lines – it’s brilliant! 🙂
  • I love that I don’t have a favourite character! I mean sure, I ship Eve and Flynn, but I love all the characters equally. There isn’t anyone I dislike.

Ultimately though, it just comes back to what I was saying at the beginning. What I love most about The Librarians is undefinable in a sense because it’s a gestalt – the show just simply makes me happy. It comforts me when I’m sad, when I watch it I feel like I’m coming home. There is just so much joy somehow wrapped up in a TV show.

The only other show I watch that generates the same sort of warm fuzzy feelings is Leverage, which is actually by the same showrunners/creators. I’m trying to explain this because this warmth/comfort is different from just general love for a show. I mean you know how much I love Stargate right? Well that doesn’t have the same feeling. I enjoy watching it, I love so much about it, but there’s not that warm fuzzy comfy blanket feeling. I’m explaining this really badly, it’s hard to put into words.

aaaaaand that wasn’t brief at all /facepalm

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Oh and while I’m being random I just watched The Grand Tour’s latest episode which was set in China and WOW

So so so so so pretty.

The landscapes, the architecture – the bridges! My word, the bridges are stunning. I felt the immediate need to take a ton of pictures and then try and do some art, I want to paint it, I want to capture that awesome sight somehow because WOW, it was so beautiful and so inspiring.

Not exactly what I expect from a stupid car show that I only watch because the banter between the three presenters is sometimes funny.

How did you find your favourite shows?

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I’m just chatting with a friend and it got me thinking about how chance has played a role in me finding so many of the shows that I love.

– Once Upon a Time, I was flicking through netflix and thought it looked shiny

– Stargate, it was the only show I had heard of when I wanted to test out the new Amazon Prime streaming service

– The Librarians, I saw a banner advert on a website and thought it looked interesting

– Warehouse 13, googling The Librarians said this was similar and I thought it was worth a look

– Killjoys, another chance find on netflix!

– Farscape, tumblr made me do it

– CSI:NY, it was on the real actual TV when mum was doing the ironing, I walked through the living room intending on getting a glass of water and whoops I just watched two episodes (I backwatched CSI: Vegas afterwards).

talk about stars aligning right?

The netflix finds are even more funny when I think I only got netflix in the first place so I could watch Daredevil, which it turns out I really didn’t like.

#or maybe amuses is the wrong word because how different would life be if I had never found Stargate? or Once? and it was only sheer chance#sorry this probably only amuses me

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I was supposed to do some writing stuff …

but now I have a much cleaner house and I’ve done laundry

/facepalm

Honestly the lengths I’ll go to procrastinate!

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Oh! I forgot to say, my new monitor is super helpful right now. There’s enough real-estate to split the screen into three. So I have my notes, the book I’m writing about, and my essay all open for easy referencing.

I just super love technology and just like the other day when I marvelled at the cloud, today I’m marvelling at well this ^^ I started life with a huge CRT monitor (in fact I remember the old BBC-B’s but only for frogger as I was little) and then here I am with an ultra-wide LCD. We’ve come so far in what’s available and what’s possible. I feel very full of wonder right now 🙂

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I’m actually doing work. This is kinda unheard of – “who are you and what have you done with me?” Hehehe *sniggers*

No sorry it’s just I felt it was worthy of comment. I know I could be a lot more productive I’m sure but the fact that I have done anything is just ??? WOW right now. I mean it’s Sunday, I don’t have classes next week, so I have all of next week theoretically do to my various assignments AND I’m actually working on an essay right now.

I like this! Let’s keep doing this!

I got a third of the wordcount so far for the first draft and it’s only just gone noon! Sorry I’m just super impressed with myself right now. The fact that I’ve even started is like eye-popping. Go me! 🙂

#honestly I could cry because I’m so pleased this is the version of me I want#I know self-congratulation is a little bit … I can’t think of the word but I mean like not the done thing#I’m going to do it anyway though because I have nearly two weeks until the deadline and I’m working on it#let’s keep this I want this

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I don’t know if I should find this as funny as I do.

I just got an email asking me to check my personal details on the uni’s online portal system. So I did and I scrolled down to medical conditions and it was a three column table.

General condition – Specifics – End date

END DATE!?!

That’s why I’m sitting here sniggering because end date on those conditions? Oh yeah I super wish. I’ll just stop having them on that date hehe.

I mean how stupid. If it was like a broken leg or something then record it and estimated date of recovery I guess, as such a thing could have an impact on studying, but for lifelong conditions just putting the end date of the course? I mean blank would be better.

There is no end date.