Fully 10 man geared

What Val's been up to.....

Well it's been some time since my last post and in that time, I've managed to get myself fully T9 10 man geared. Nothing I need from any 10 man raids now, the only upgrades I can get are from VoA25, ToC25 and ToC10 Heroic (not even going to mention 25 heroic, lol). Not bad going!



I've dabbled in a bit more Arena too, played some more 2v2 with a Holy Priest and some random 3v3 games with different people but the 1400 barrier is being a pain to get past. I'm going to hopefully get a Holy Paladin, unholy DK and BM Hunter (yes, I'm going to respecced BM for PvP!) to try a "beast cleave" team. The combo got a bit nerfed but if it's still strong, it might just work out!

I've also broken the 40th Mysterious Egg barrier without getting a Green Proto-Drake. WHEN WILL IT DROP???

Ok, now all that text is out of the way, lets get some more screenies in!

Oldbeard

Sadly my friend Wideeye/Oldbeard has stopped playing WoW again due to life balance issues...well, thats what I thought until I saw what really happened...HE TURNED INTO AN NPC!


PvP tip 1: How to win Wintergrap

If all the Alliance grouped up from the west it's insta-win! Below is sadly a rare sight on Chromaggus EU.


Free PvP Tip 2: How to win WSG

If in doubt, hide the flag!

Super-size your Freezing trap

Surfing USA Howling Fjord


Trial of the Hunters

In one of the guild ToC10 attempts we took 3 Hunters!! Can you believe it. Oh and yes, one of those pets is a bear (not mine!).


Cataclysm

Wow, massive changes in the new expansion pack for us hunters...NO. MORE. MANA. We're going to be like a whole new class! Should be fun. New races will be available too for hunters, I might even consider changing my race from Night Elf to Worgen!

One of the new races did jump the gun though....


Congrats Elendria!

The Loremaster achievement requires a lot of dedication to get, there's no quick way around completing it so GZ to Elendria!

Getting to know Asaron

Asaron, a Guild Tank of AMOV holds two things very close to his heart. His love of fishing and his love of Gnomes. If you're ever looking for him, check any nearby water sources or high concentration of Gnomes, "Cuddlyhoney" in particular.


Getting to know Sunier

In his own words:



New Personal VoA10 Koralon DPS Record

Topped my highest DPS on this boss and I've got 2 new items of gear since :D



VIDEO TIME!!

Trial of the Crusader: 25 Man

I was lucky enough to get into a ToC25 man PuG and get all the way up to Anub'Arak (which is where most ToC25 pugs fail in my experience) and not only that, I got 2 items! Sweet:

Lupine Longstaff

Windrunner's Tunic of Triumph
(ok, I did buy the trophy from someone for 800g to get that last one)

Not only that, I recorded the Beasts of Northrend fight. It's best to watch the below using the HQ button and don't worry, there's no boring commentary by me or any techno music!

No Ground in AV?

This weird bug happened to me in AV, the ground went see-through!



Turtle Power!

I was fishing for some mats for a fish feast when this mount dropped! I have no luck with mount drops usually (I think I'm about week 40+ waiting for that Green Proto Drake). I highly recommend using the mount wearing nothing but a chefs hat.

See you in the Icecrown citadel!

WoW, A new post!!!

Yes, you're not mistaken, I am actually updating my blog!

First of all, some news headlines:
(click on picture to enlarge)

"Everybody Loves Valilor" 2v2 Arena team go on a 10 match hot streak


A new optional Hard-Mode only boss has been added to Naxxramas


Valilor hits Lv450 at fishing


Equipment Manager has been released


Dave, Valilor's first ever pet is abandoned to make way for a PvP Crab :(


Valilor gets his...err....Red Proto Drake?


Kologarn attempts to stop AMOV's progress through Ulduar


Valilor earns the Crusader Title!


AMOV Maintain their "king of the rollers" title




Valilor gets a new personal record DPS on the mob before Emalon in VoA10


Valilor's Argent Tournament Squire starts to freak people out


Patchwerk is all out of play



Some pretty big headlines there I'm sure you'll agree!

Not too long ago, there was a little exploit which Blizzard have since plugged which allowed hunters to tame a Worgen (You can see why now after the Cataclysm announcement). Laneelalt got in there just in time though! Shame they have all been turned into wolves now.



Thankfully I'm not wearing it anymore but for a couple of weeks I had to put up with this terrible looking helm...what were they thinking designing this?



I spotted the uber-rare Ashes of Al'ar flying mount from the Tempest Keep in Dalaran the other day, check the video a bit further down. Man I want one of these!



Not only that but I've also been seeing Skoll, the new rare exotic spirit beast around Dalaran. Shame it's exotic and not just a rare looking wolf...



I also managed to solo the boss in the oculus....ok, maybe I didn't but I quite like this picture...



As you probably know, I'm an Officer in "Aggro My Own Vegetable" guild on Chromaggus, so I thought I'd do a nice "meet the team" feature and here is part 1:



Movie Clips

Here's a clip of the Al'ar mount in action



In memory of Michael Jackson, I give you the forward moonwalk!



Sometimes I get terrible lag spikes, which usually ends up with WoW DCing me or the connection just never coming back...here's what it looks like for those of you who don't get it!



I was going through some old video's I had, they aren't great but I found 2 old ones of me ganking and boy do I look different now! Check out the 2 vid's below and then compare it to the 3rd....Since Wrath I look a lot more bad a$$!
(Yes getting through doorways with my old shoulders was a problem)

Random bits of news

I've got some bigger posts planned (I just need to find some time to post them) but here's the latest Valilor news:

• AMOV have downed both Hodir and Freya - getting close to a full clear! (Wiping on Mimiron at the moment).
• Patch 3.2 in the background downloader - coming in 2 weeks maybe?
• New Chest Heirloom available which add's another +10% XP to the shoulder bonus in patch 3.2. You need the crusader title to get it though, which means being both a champion of the argent tournament and exalted with all the "Starter" factions (For Alliance: Darnassus, Stormwind, Ironforge, Gnomeregon Exiles and the Exodar).
• It looks like MM hunters CAN get on par with the other pure DPS classes if you have enough Armour Penetration + Armour Penetration trinket but more on this later!
• For all you iPhone users out there, there is an official WoW Armoury app available for free and it's seriously good! Check the video of it below (note how it doesn't work for Horde! Mwa ha ha!

That's all folks!