WildStar: Experiment X-89 Down!

Malum Factum has been struggling a little bit in WildStar with maintaining the necessary  raid team and it has shown for the past few weeks.  Last night though was a different story all together!

Earlier in the week we were able to clear out the raid zone and get some pulls in on the first major boss, Experiment X-89.  We didn't have a lot of time to do so and this was after taking a week off from raiding to do some recruiting, but we did what we could.  On a few attempts we managed to get him in the 35% range.  Not bad, but clearly not good enough.

On Thursday's raid night, we were able to go in and only needing to clear three thrash pulls, we were able to dedicated the entire evening to taking out X-89.  One of the biggest things holding us back was poor bomb placement.  A few illustrations and an explanation of where I wanted everyone to drop bombs and we instantly saw a huge improvement.

After a few pulls, we were consistently getting X-89 into the teen percentage, a few more pulls and we were down into single digit percentage.  And then finally our kill attempt.  The MVP for this boss kill surely goes to Tatersalad of Malum Factum.  Out of the three healers used for this fight, two died early on leaving Tatersalad to take on the healing of the entire raid team all to himself.  The first of the two healer deaths happened quite early on due to a mishap of confusing small and big bombs.  The second healer death, which was me, happened while trying to re-position during a snipe attack.  This left Tatersalad the only healer for a solid 2 minutes while the dwindling raid team finally finished off the boss.

If this is an indication of where Malum Factum is heading in WildStar, its onto more raiding!

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WildStar Raid 8/28/14

So last night's raid went relatively well.  We killed a new mini-boss on first attempt and made some attempts on the third mini-boss on the first floor in Genetic Archives.

The downfall was not killing Genetic Monstrosity even though we were able to kill him earlier in the week.  Overall, the raid is improving and I'm hoping to see even more improvement come next Tuesday.

If you're interested in WildStar raiding, check out my Twitch stream on Tuesday's and Thursday's beginning at 9pm EST.

USB Foot Pedal

Another pitfall from last night was losing my foot pedal.  I use a USB foot pedal for my push-to-talk key.  I love this concept, it gives me a lot more flexibility while playing.  Unfortunatly, my foot pedal broke just after the raid last night.  I guess it was a good thing it waited until after raid to fall apart..

Anyway, I was very pleased with it as I've had it for several years now and it had only cost me $12 on Amazon.  So I went back looking for the same one and now it's only $10.75!  So I'll be getting that soon and all will be well again.

If you're interested in the foot pedal idea, here 's the one that I am using.

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Up and Running

Time to get the party started.  So instead of going on and on about me and who I am for the first post here I made a link at the top of the page called "About."  Click it.  You'll learn stuff about me.  The first post then is going to detail some of the things about the blog and what it is I intend to cover.

Gaming

Well, as you may have guessed by now there shall be a great deal about gaming on the pages to come.  I'm a gamer and have been for quite some time now so you're going to see me talk quite a bit about gaming.

Some gaming topics of interest will include reviews, guides, tips and tricks as well as some potential theory crafting pertaining to games I'm currently playing.  You'll also notice to the right there is a nifty little box showing off my Twitch stream.  So not only do you get to read my rambles about gaming, you'll also have the luxury of watching and listening in to whatever it is I'm currently doing in game.

I also plan on doing some hardware/software reviews for different types of products I use while gaming.  So perhaps you were wondering a little more about that killer new keyboard that was just released, chances are I'm going to get it and then I'll tell ya's all about it!

Games I play

I play a lot of games, I guess that is part of being a gamer, no?  Well here is a current list of what you'll likely see me engaged in.  Keep in mind that new games come out all the time and this is simply an "at this moment" list and will likely change month to month.

• Wildstar
• ArcheAge
• SMITE
• Civilization V

There are a few other smaller games I may hop on from time to time but for the time being, this
is likely what you'll encounter.

Current Game Movement

My current game movement is raiding in Wildstar and leveling up in ArcheAge alpha.  My guild, Malum Factum, has just begun raiding in Wildstar and I am the lovely raid leader.  So starting after Labor Day weekend, you can stop by and see our raid progression on Tuesday and Thursday nights starting at about 9pm EST.

When I'm not raiding in Wildstar, I'm working on leveling up in the ArcheAge alpha.  With 120 class combinations to choose from, it is HARD to choose what to play.  So I spend a good amount of time messing around on there trying to figure out good combos and such.  The game is expected to come out sometime in either September or October and with the heavy emphasis on PvP, it'll be a good thing to have a firm understanding of the different class mechanics.

Artwork

I am also a bit of an artist.  Gotta love dabbling in photoshop and making some cool pieces.  On the navigation bar you'll see a link for artwork.  It isn't very populated at the moment but as I get the site up and running I'll be adding more and more of my artwork there.  I have my moments, I wouldn't say I'm amazing with it but I've definitely created some fun and interesting pieces.  I eventually want to get to a point where I can possible take request from readers and create different pieces for different people!

Godrik's Tees

Finally, the last link you'll notice in the navigation bar is for Godrik's Tees.  Well, some of the artwork that I've created I found make great T-shirts.  So you can head over there and see what shirts I have up for sale.  If you're interested in a particular piece of artwork that I have and I don't have a shirt with it, by all means ask away and I'll get one created for you.

Also, another important thing to note, spreadshirt offers A LOT of products to be printed on.  I only created T-shirts for men/women and maybe a hoodie here and there.  If there is a particular type of product you would like a print on, let me know and I can get it drawn up for you.

Heading Out

Well that should about sum up what Gaming with Godrik is all about.  Its all about me, my gaming a couple of my hobbies.  Who knows, I may even expand it further to include reviews of movies I enjoy as well as comic books and other interesting facets of life.

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