WoW Journal - 11-August-2005

Raslebol did two Stratholme raids this week. One to the living side, and one to the undead side. The one to the living side netted me nothing, but yesterday's raid to the undead side was quite profitable.

Irony of ironies. It is now a full 4 months that I am using the Blackskull Shield. Purple items are hard to replace. :) And the few times I saw a better shield drop, somebody else won it. So I was very happy to win the Husk of Nerub'enkan from one of the minor bosses in Stratholme, being the only one interested. I equip it, and think there must be something wrong. I switch from one shield to the other several times, until the truth dawns on me: The two shields have absolutely identical 3D graphics, only their 2D icons and stats are different. So while I now have a good 200 armor more, better stamina, and my blocks absorb more damage, I still look exactly the same, shield-wise, as I looked 4 months ago. Minor niggle, but still a bit annoying.

I also got the Band of Flesh ring from Ramstein, so I happy with my loot. And I finally understood the how the sets of armor system works. The final boss of Stratholm (undead side) could have dropped the legs of valor, but didn't. But he *did* drop the legs for another class. And it seems that one of the items he drops will always be part of a set for a class, and it will always be the legs. So it is only semi-random. I need to kill a specific boss to get a specific body part, regardless of class.
- posted by Tobold @ 10:04 PM Permanent Link