{"id":5782,"date":"2012-06-17T23:19:43","date_gmt":"2012-06-17T23:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tumblwise.cynwise.com\/?p=5782"},"modified":"2014-08-05T16:21:08","modified_gmt":"2014-08-05T16:21:08","slug":"gnomerbears-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tumblwise.cynwise.com\/?p=5782","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5782 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/tumblwise.cynwise.com\/?attachment_id=5783#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/tumblwise.cynwise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/tumblr_m5r1qgvcX81rppv8po1_400-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/narciii.tumblr.com\/post\/25311388291\/gnomerbears\">narciii<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/snackerston.tumblr.com\/post\/25308297948\/cynwise-snackerston-blamerades-waypoint\">snackerston<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/cynwise.tumblr.com\/post\/25296324896\/snackerston-blamerades-waypoint-in-the\">cynwise<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/snackerston.tumblr.com\/post\/25290309992\/blamerades-waypoint-in-the-house-let-the\">snackerston<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/blamerades.tumblr.com\/post\/25279149491\/waypoint-in-the-house\">blamerades<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>WAYPOINT IN THE HOUSE<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Let the record show: that pillar got the dance of it\u2019s life that night.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I should point out that, like most problems I find myself in, stemmed from my inability to work a parachute properly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Instead of doing what a reasonable person does in Gnomer &#8211; put the parachute on the action bar, hit it as soon as you\u2019re in the air &#8211; I was all, I\u2019ll just click it in my bags. So bags open, pick a likely spot, and jump.<\/p>\n<p>There are several flaws in this plan.<\/p>\n<p>The first is that I have a Traveller\u2019s Backpack in my bags, which I momentarily thought was the parachute. It wasn\u2019t.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The second was that, after I sorted out what I was supposed to be clicking, I did the wrong click. Right click, left click, I dunno, just click on the thing. I blame Diablo 3 for this.<\/p>\n<p>The third was that, having clicked to pick up the parachute instead of activating it, I then moved the mouse away from the bag, so now the UI was asking me to delete the S.A.F.E. Parachute. At this point I\u2019m in a panic, because seriously OMG I am not going to delete the parachute you daft machine!<\/p>\n<p>So I manage to get the parachute open\u2026. right after I hit the ground. Like, I saw the &lt;Safe Fall&gt; appear in my combat text and the &lt;Safe Fall fades&gt; immediately after it. This is what we call a pyrrhic victory.<\/p>\n<p>Right. 450 health, down from 1800. Fell straight into a pack of mobs. Frost Nova, Blink, health pot \u2026 crap, into more mobs. Okay, it\u2019s okay, I\u2019m on a frost mage, I have tools to handle this, I can kite these \u2026 half dozen angry mobs. No sweat. This is a level 10 twink mage, she\u2019s got gear and skills and \u2026<\/p>\n<p>wait, why isn\u2019t bandaging working? I didn\u2019t train First Aid?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Okay. There\u2019s Narci, I\u2019ll start moving over towards her bear, bears are my friend, get over to the tank. I\u2019ll just \u2026 shit, my AGM is on CD. 2 minutes left.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Okay. Survive for two minutes. All I have to do is survive for \u2026 wait, there are a lot of mobs around Narci and Rades. Is that Snack coming down? Where is Cat? I don\u2019t see \u2026 there\u2019s another pack heading towards them. Okay, Blink!<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 into the mobs that had just aggroed on the rest of the party.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Narci is about dead. I\u2019m somehow hanging on with about 300 health, but I see Cat is on her way? Maybe someone can toss me a heal as I bring a half-dozen mobs to join the party.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Narci goes down. I do the only thing I can think of &#8211; Arcane Explosion in the middle of the mobs to draw their attention. It works! But I think Rades was already dead. Whoops.<\/p>\n<p>Great. Now I have a dozen mobs and 1 minute left on my AGM cool down. Health pots are on CD too. Kite! Kite! Blink!<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 into a pack of mobs coming up the ramp. I go down by the pillar, leaving Snack and Cat to deal with the dozen or so angry mobs now chasing them. Snack valiantly tries to kite them around a square pillar, but \u2026 he\u2019s not on his 85, with slows and fears, he\u2019s on a level 28. And Cat doesn\u2019t know that he\u2019s running, so she\u2019s trying to hit him with heals. But he starts one way, she goes the SAME way, so they\u2019re chasing EACH OTHER around the pillar.<\/p>\n<p>Finally Cat stops and Snack comes hell-bent around the square pillar &#8211; someone kept yelling, THIS IS SQUARE, NOT ROUND \u00a0during all of this &#8211; and the mobs finally eat through his priest\u2019s shields and he goes down. Last goes Cat\u2019s paladin, who is still standing there considering the pillar, suddenly has half the mobs in the room swarming her.<\/p>\n<p>At this point I think we\u2019re all laughing too hard to focus. IRL laughing, because as Snack pointed out &#8211; we might write about this game at a very advanced level and play at that level, but we can still wipe in Gnomer &#8211; spectacularly, naturally &#8211; with the best of them.<\/p>\n<p>I had a great time on my Mage last night. Lowbie WoW with friends is really a joy and pleasure.<\/p>\n<p>But it helps if you drag that parachute on to your damn action bars!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The essay only makes it funnier<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>At first I was like \u201cBOSS DOWN, MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"172\" src=\"http:\/\/forums.nrvnqsr.com\/image.php?u=47&amp;dateline=1335755331\" width=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But then I was like, \u201cthere\u2019s something wrong on my frames, what\u2019s going on?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"414\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thebarnstorming.com\/this_is_my_life\/Brown_bear_rearing-thumb.jpg\" width=\"280\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat heck is going on down there with Winnie?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"266\" src=\"http:\/\/etc.usf.edu\/clippix\/pix\/brown-bear-looking-down_medium.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI Better get down there and help her! IMMA THE TANK! RAWR!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/jumpintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/457\/bear-jumping.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWHEEEE PARACHUTE. Huh, okay, there are mobs. I\u2019m a bear. I can handle this. Find the mage. Pop herbalism heal. AOE T.. I don\u2019t have an AOE Taunt. Okay, Taunt. Okay. I have.. 3 buttons. SWIPE!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"378\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tierraunica.com\/.a\/6a00e55196210388330133ed75bbc4970b-pi\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not getting heals. Heals? Where IS Lardie? Is she still up top? Oh. There\u2019s the fall damage from the rest of my party not wearing parachutes\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"305\" src=\"http:\/\/static.ddmcdn.com\/gif\/bear-spray-2.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis thing is square.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"250\" src=\"http:\/\/dybiz.com\/sites_randomblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/polar_bear_tries_to_attack_man.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then I was a dead bear.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gratefuldeadconspiracy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/74ad7_Grateful_Dead_Patches_yhst-70368537883115_2161_203528205.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At first I was like RAWR.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/img.metro.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2009\/09\/polarbearsBAR_450x300.jpg\" width=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But then I lolled.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.firstpeople.us\/pictures\/bear\/1600x1200\/Grizzly_Attack-1600x1200.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I am still laughing about this wipe 20 hours later.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I AM SORRY I HAVE PARACHUTE PROBLEMS Y&#8217;ALL<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>narciii: snackerston: cynwise: snackerston: blamerades: WAYPOINT IN THE HOUSE Let the record show: that pillar got the dance of it\u2019s life that night. I should point out that, like most problems I find myself in, stemmed from my inability to work a parachute properly.\u00a0 Instead of doing what a reasonable person does in Gnomer &#8211; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/tumblwise.cynwise.com\/?p=5782\">[&hellip;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-uncategorized","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tumblwise.cynwise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tumblwise.cynwise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tumblwise.cynwise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tumblwise.cynwise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tumblwise.cynwise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5782"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/tumblwise.cynwise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5784,"href":"http:\/\/tumblwise.cynwise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5782\/revisions\/5784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tumblwise.cynwise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tumblwise.cynwise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tumblwise.cynwise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}