Mastering tanks, one boss at a time.
Sometimes I see the word “brewmaster” used in a real life context and I get a little confused because my brain defaults to the WoW version. But the truth is there is a lot of real world inspiration behind the brewmaster and the “drunken ox” fighting style.
Since late WotLK, Blizzard has designed most of their encounters for two tanks. They’ve used many methods to do so, some more popular or effective than others.
On March 2, 2011, I published my first blog post to “A Sunnier Bear”, which makes this close to my two year blogging anniversary.
My goal when starting this blog was to write timely boss guides for tanks. That goal has sort of fallen by the wayside because this recent tier was so huge and my progression has been unstable and not exactly where I want it to be anyway. Instead, I spent the last year writing about topics that interest me, like Brewmasters and active mitigation.
Recently ArenaNet put some cool hair colors in the cash shop. Charr normally only have access to earth-toned hair so I really wanted to see what blue, pink, and purple hair looked like on my favorite race. Unfortunately, the internet didn’t seem to share my curiosity so I was unable to find images of these unnatural hair colors on Charr.
Luckily, I had some spare gold to satisfy that curiosity for myself and the rest of the world.
Continue reading “[GW2] New Blue, Purple, and Pink Hair Colors for Charr”
Valentine’s Day is today, so it is the perfect time to express my love for an inanimate skill that exists in distant databases and C++.
Here it is, my interview. For the next hour or so, you can listen to me chuckle nervously, lose my train of thought, and try to avoid swear words. I ramble a bit about this blog, too. It was a fun interview.
More thoughts:
I went to China recently and couldn’t help but wonder where the Mists of Pandaria artists found their inspiration. I only got to see a relatively small part of the country, but some of it seemed pretty familiar already.
Continue reading “Things I Found in China that Reminded Me of Pandaria”
It’s been said that GW2 doesn’t have an endgame, which is true in a traditional sense. I got to level 80 nearly a week ago, and I’ve beaten the final boss (though presumably there will be more in further content patches). I’ve finished my personal quest, so now what? Here are the things I’ve been doing or plan to do:
Continue reading “[GW2] Ten Things I Still Have to Do Now That I’m 80”
This is the most traditional end game of GW2, and how to actually start it can be unintuitive for players new to the game. It’s very epic and takes some time commitment (it took me three hours, though it could go much longer, and I assume much shorter if you’re lucky).
As a warning, this post may contain spoilers. I’m avoiding any major story points and sticking to strategy, but if you want to be completely surprised then avoid the body of this post. All you really need to know is that you have to unlock the dungeon Arah by completing the Cursed Shore meta event.
