Last night I went out to some leaving drinks for a work colleague. To cut the story short I came home and made a tit of myself in front of Mrs B which led to her having a restless night keeping me alive! (I wasn’t that bad honest)
However, I ordered her some flowers yesterday to get delivered today….. I must have known or something.
Anyway this is to say a HUGE SORRY!!!! To Mrs B, im never drinking again!
Yes you read that right! As of this morning all of my game subs are cancelled!
LOTRO was a nice distraction but as usual it was filling the void till something shiner came out and that is Aion. Ive cancelled WAR a couple of days ago but also have now cancelled LOTRO. I just am not playing it at the moment.
For the next week ill be plodding through Runes of Magic and Wizard then it will be Aion.
See you there!
I dont play aMagus really. But those who do go here
Lost Vale didn’t go ahead, as last night around 1800 our internet stopped working. A quick call to BT revealed not a lot other than they have had a major system error and weren’t even answering the phones.
Hopefully tonight will be better
Im finding a little more time to write now, mainly as im starting to do it from work again, the downside as always is that there are no pictures. I may start writing it here then not publishing it till I get home, who knows.
Well last night my first point of call was Warhammer, I checked the zone map as usual and saw Order were pushing in the Orc v Dwarf pairing so off I set, they were one zone away from the fortress!! Only I find that there are no destruction anywhere in sight…..
I find the destruction in Praag, attempting to lock the zone, I help for a little while, roll high on the keep PQ and come 10th and win nothing, I soon logged off again.
Mrs B soon wanted help with her wizard so I ran through her quests with her and soon she hit level 72! She was so happy as she could get a new set of shiny gear to outfit herself with meaning that killing things will be a lot easier for her. She actually spent so long at the broker that I logged off haha!
While waiting for her I played castle crashers and hit level 13 on my Blue Knight. Still fun as hell I had fun casting spells, I even downloaded the king pack and used him for a couple of kills, the healing is nice but I miss the mass firepower of regular magic. I can really see this as a great filler game to jump into when there is a break in other games as there was last night.
Plans then, help Mrs B level some more and stay on the lookout for other things to do. T2 Void Armour is still on the agenda but ive stopped grinding shards hardcore and will pick them up in time, when im good and ready.
Once again im at that point in my gaming circle where the grass is greener syndrome is setting in. It all started on my return to EQ2, I find that in my absence that the OT of our guild left (YAY!) but they already recruited another fighter to replace (BOO!) which means im stuck again as not being able to raid, the other thing nagging at me is that I think im done with EQ2 tanking.
I dont mind tanking but its the big numbers I love and want to put them out, the only problem is I want a straight up melee class with none of this stealth crap.
So im sort of in Limbo in EQ2 in that there isnt one. Sure I should just tank on the zerk since I get the cream of the buffs and get to see the fun numbers but something about having to memorise the zones so I know every pull inside out just grates at me.
So now im sorta just floating in EQ2, I log in, attempt to do the shard daily and give up and log out (tonight I managed to kill a whole two mobs)
Warhammer too im suffering from tank rot (I dub it that) my chosen has gotten stale so im playing my marauder again for some fun, however he is so squishy its not fun at all really.
Ive also fired up EQ1 again and played my Berserker, if only EQ2 had a class that was like that I would be set.
So yeah, im being indecisive again and cant decide what to play… yay for me 
Well what a short day that is then, since its Sunday I work the morning then take the afternoon off to recharge. THe funny thing about today was that the IT systems went tits up about an hour into the day and have been off ever since, no work for me to do so I sat there and tidied oh the joys.
Im HOME next week, its come around so fast, I pray that between now and then that nothing happens, I just want to step off that plane, shiver since blighty is so cold and then crack on and get home!
Nothing more to report other than ill be surfing gamers blogs for the next few hours, take it easy all.!
Not many to go now at all! Well today, another British Lad lost his life, my feelings go out to his family and friends at a time like this who knows how long he had been out here.
Maybe he had just arrived and was eager to be “doing his part” when he lost his life, maybe he was, like me, at the end of his tour and looking forward to seeing his family in a few more days. Will there be an empty seat on the plane next to me?
We may not all agree that we should be out here but it isnt our choice to get sent out here, yes we had a choice to join the military or not but that may not echo our views on world politics. At this time, during the terrible economic state, the military is a “safe option” for getting food onto the table, at least the job is secure.
I look back on my time in Afghanistan and I am glad I came, sure I dont see any real difference in what is going on but ive been and done my part, and ill be coming home safely from it. Who knows what will happen once im gone, maybe all of a sudden it will all be over and no more boys will need to die, maybe it will ramp up and more and more troops will come out. All I do know is I love my family very much, no matter what petty things they are fighting about back home, just remember that I am here in a very real situation where I could die any day but im still here, fighting for…. whatever it is we are fighting for.
My main aim for the next few days are to keep myself safe and out of harms way, no taking any chances, just do my part and get out of here.
Sorry, a bit of a downer this one, but hey thats how im feeling.
Oh yeah, games rock etc etc (there I wrote about games)
Well this morning I have spent some time reading others blogs as is usual for me to do and have decided to do a “state of the Borg” post about where I intend to go with myself once im back.
Work wise I have a few options I wish to strive for which will need to be discussed with Mrs B, depending on how I do I will be doing one of two things which I wont be able to write here.
Game wise I am going to do the following:
Everquest 2
With the latest expansion being out a good 4 months, I am way behind the curve on it which means I am playing catch up. My main aim with this will be to gear my Berserker and get some AA. My other aim is to level a dps alt since I am not getting the shot that I want to be one of my guilds tanks. Word has it that one of the tanks we do have is unhappy and may leave, if this is the case then ill see if I can step in. I will also need to evaluate how the tanks damage and aggro is working out. The only reason I preferred my Zerk to my Paladin was beacause of the damage. If this is now normalised I can decide what I want to do later on.
Im still undecided on EQ2, it is still a fun game that I enjoy playing but it doesnt half stress me out sometimes.
World of Warcraft
Oh my god! I said the W word!!!! Now I can cut myself away from the guild leadership stuff that sucked me down and stomped all over me I am free to explore and enjoy at my will. I will in good time level up my Warlock and Warrior to 80, depending on how the guild I am in is going depends on what I do in WoW, its still a good game and hopefully I can cut down the time I was investing in it.
Warhammer Online
Well here we are in the game I will mostly be playing. Mrs B and I had a lot of fun on it when I was home on R&R and the most important thing is: SLAYERS ARE HERE.
Now I will most likely roll a Slayer alt since my mains are destro, but I can honestly see me dedicating most of my time to the slayer. I will try a Choppa too but I think I need to be a dps character now. Ive done the tank thing in pretty much every game ive played. I reckon ill level my Chosen up to max level and see how he fares since in late Beta I was hitting for a shit ton when I worked my rotation out. Who knows.
Writing about games like this just helps me fill the void that is left without them at the moment. In my life I am planning to do a couple of things when I am home.
The first thing is buy a car, with the little extra cash the military give me for being out here I should be able to get an affordable family car so we can travel about. There are also a few places I want to visit which we can do once I am mobile.
The second thing is to spend a lot more time with my children, I miss them like crazy.
The third thing is to give my wife a hug. I miss her so much its untrue, I dont think she realises how bad I miss her as she pretty much just gets to plod on with life as normal, but im out here and when im done with work all I can do is sit and think about things. My main aim is to enjoy life with her since we are still young and healthy!
Well 5 days or so to go, homeward bound, one weekend left (this one, its friday today) and I can be off and be done with this place, my own bed, my own house, my own food, my own clothes.
Take care all.
Well here we are then, the home straight so to speak, 6 days to go and I am officially winding down.
Not a lot to report over this side of the world really, still same old, nothing exciting.
On the home front I have arranged a night out on the very day I land to see all my friends and say hi, the plan is to meet up in our home town for drinks and cheers 
Im really ready to go home now, the person who is replacing me will be here on the 17th so ill be able to go not long after that.
Nothing more to report, send me home!
Rock on!
