Visual Upgrade

I got my new monitor yesterday. Running my desktop at 1600 x 1200 is awesome! The 8-bit LCD block, which gives 16.7M colours, allows for really good colour composition. The 20.1" screen size is huge and everything is bright and clear running through DVI. All in all, it was $800 well spent ^^

My warrior is now level 58. I ran this quest yesterday called Jailbreak! which takes a couple of hours. It involved clearing two "rings" filled with groups of mobs and then escorting a prisoner and fighting spawns along the way. I've done it more than twice before but it's a real mission to have to do it again. At least that part is out of the way...

We had a poor run through Blackwing Lair last night. Razorgore didn't pose much of a problem - we dispatched him on our first attempt, in about ten minutes. But Vael sure gave us a run for our money. He wiped us time after time. We finally got him down but time had really moved on. After wiping due to a stupid pull in the suppression rooms and the server announcing its imminent half-hour shutdown, we decided to call it.

Since we are starting on AQ40 this weekend, that leaves me with very little time to farm for the rest of the Living Essence that I need to get my mage's three craftable Nature Resist armour pieces made. Might as well farm with my warrior and get what little experience I will get while I'm at it.

Two more essays to do and then it will be very close to final exams. Nothing to worry about. I'll either do very well or ok, and it's ok with me if I just get B's in all my papers. I look forward to finishing. It means I'll have a lot more time to spend playing the expansion, which should come out around the time that my exams wrap up, hahaha XD

As for employment over the Summer, responsibility tells me I should work more hours at DSE. I guess I'll wait and see what sort of student supplement the government is willing to give me over Christmas :p

-Timotheos
Za-ap