About The Bloggers Chase Christian

Concerning the Bloggers introduces you to the individuals behind WoW Insider. You'll find articles on more of our staffers in earlier About the Bloggers profiles.

What do you do for WoW Insider?

I used to be employed by WoW Insider in late 2008 to put in writing the weekly rogue column, Encrypted Text. I had really applied for the place a few months earlier however wasn't originally chosen, so I merely assassinated their first alternative and left them with no selection but to signal me as an alternative.

When WI decided to broaden its coverage of hybrid classes, I put in my software for the holy paladin place. I at the moment maintain each Encrypted Textual content and The light and Methods to Heal It portion of the paladin column on a weekly basis. My secondary function is to get confused with Christian Belt and Chase Hasbrouck.

What's your foremost?

My twin mains are my Goblin rogue, Madsushi, and my Blood Elf holy paladin, Cure. I have had several rogues earlier than and since Madsushi, however I'm notably connected to him. I inherited Cure from my brother within the Burning Campaign, and she's been the chief of my guild and its 10-man raiding crew. Madsushi tends to be my PVP character whereas Cure is my PVE character, although I cross those streams quite often (regardless of Egon's warning). I've tanked on Cure when my guild needed it and I've several alts that I play often, however practically all of my playing time is spent getting bloody with Madsushi or healing with Cure.

Horde or Alliance?

When i first beginning taking part in WoW, I leveled an Alliance holy paladin on a PVE server. After realizing that I hated the whole lot about the arrangement, I rerolled a Horde rogue on a PVP server, and i've never looked back. The Horde vs. Alliance facet of WoW is crucial part of the game to me. If Blizzard decided to end the battle, I might cancel all of my subscriptions. While I don't play on an RP server, I nonetheless take the battle to heart. It is why I slay each Alliance participant that I see, it's why I gank mercilessly, and it's why every single member of my guild knows our official policy on cross-faction relations -- red is lifeless.

Whereas I do know plenty of softies which are upset about Thrall's appointment of Garrosh as Warchief, it was my favorite part of Cataclysm. In the case of Horde vs. Alliance politics, I purpose to be Garrosh's most loyal soldier. I fight the Alliance always in Azeroth, and we even take our quarrels to the realm boards regularly. I could be the WoW Insider writer with the most forum warnings/bans to his identify.

What's the most effective 5-man occasion in the sport? What's the perfect raid?

Dire Maul North is my favourite 5-man occasion, and by a large margin. I ran it at least a hundred occasions while farming my guild a few Quel'Serrars. As a rogue, I could literally information your entire expertise. My Saps and Distracts created our paths, my lockpicking and pickpocketing gained us access to barred doors, and my Stealth and cunning allowed us to skip as many mobs as potential. Dire Maul North was the final word take a look at of a rogue's skills, and that i enjoyed having full control over my group's success and failure.

My favorite raid is Ulduar, merely because of its beauty. The architecture and artistry have all the time awed me. Algalon was the proper closing boss; we fought our way into the corruption, slime, and filth of the Outdated God, which was then starkly contrasted by unfeeling bleakness. Ulduar was also when my guild's raid crew lastly began to click, and we had been truly in a position to clear your entire place on heroic and get hold of our first raid meta-achievement.

What's your favorite factor to do in Azeroth?

World PVP is unquestionably my favourite exercise on Madsushi. The release of patch 4.2 and the Molten Front was like an early Christmas for me. I racked up lots of of kills over the next weeks. I've spent extra time in the Molten Front than you may have, and I believe I'm just barely finished with the primary section of the daily quests. I could not care much less about some terrible ilvl 365 gear -- I'm there to make enemies.

When I am enjoying Cure, I am all about raiding. I like leading my guild by way of new encounters. We have been raiding collectively for years now, and so every raid night is like assembly up with old pals. Blizzard's resolution to keep up 10-man raiding as a viable development path is the neatest thing that's ever happened to our guild, as we will work as a small group to accomplish our objectives.

What's your favourite piece of loot?

I am going to share my secret with you right here, but only as a result of I don't want it now that I farmed up my Reins of Poseidus. My favorite item is the Azure Silk Belt. Whereas it seems so easy, the 15% swim velocity bonus has saved me so much swimming time over the past a number of years. A pal of mine made me one, and I have never been without it since. I've evaded would-be gankers with its pace bonus, and i've caught as much as a few of my prey that was trying to escape. At first, they swim away, after which they stop as they understand they won't make it to the shore. There's nothing quite like watching someone realize that resistance is futile. The belt has saved my life more than once and gained me greater than a number of honorable kills, and it by no means leaves my facet.

What's your favorite mount?

That could be my Blue Nether Ray. SOULDEVTEAM like how I labored the Molten Front, I farmed the Skettis area for Alliance gamers on daily basis during the Burning Crusade. Whereas I was there, I might occasionally full a few quests while ready for recent meat to fly in. Over the course of several months, I by chance reached exalted with the Sha'tari Skyguard with out even discovering Ogri'la. Whereas the Nether Ray is superior and I really like the way it matches the Nether Ray Fry pet, it is the truth that I paid for it in gallons of Alliance blood that makes it my chosen mount.

What's the #1 thing Blizzard has executed nice?

Blizzard has allowed me to cease caring about my gear. I actually don't care about gear in any respect. As a healer, I am at all times passing tier pieces and ambiguous caster gadgets to my raid's DPS lessons. On my rogue, I just wish to be stabbing individuals and not worrying about what ilvl my stuff is at. I raid repeatedly on each characters, and I do know that so long as I'm putting in my time each week, I will get my gear ultimately. I take upgrades as they come, and that i spend my valor points when they stack up. I do not need to spend my time farming for resistance gear or grinding some esoteric popularity, which lets me do more of what I like.

When I am not enjoying WoW, I am ...

I'm married and reside in Santa Barbara, Calif., with my wife and our cat. I'm a tech nerd at heart, so I spend most of my time working with computer systems and watching StarCraft 2 matches. I have been spending my evenings building new PCs for among the gamers in my guild, picking out one of the best elements and putting all of them collectively. Through the day, I work full-time as an engineering marketing consultant for an IT outsourcing firm right here. If it's IT-associated, I work with it ultimately. Up to now month, I've built new servers, installed a VoIP cellphone system, applied virtualization, configured SANs, managed a company iPhone deployment project, solved networking points, and even replaced the ink cartridge in a printer. I tell people that I like taking part in Minecraft, but I even have extra fun managing my guild's Minecraft server than I do playing Minecraft itself.