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If you asked many gamers what attracts them to the hobby, you'll often hear that it's because games are 'immersive' or 'interactive.' And yet, if you look at the popular games in the industry, it is those traits – immersion and interactivity – that are deliberately suppressed by the major developers, and largely without complaint by the community.
Immersion and interactivity are two different terms, but in the context of games they are very closely related. The idea of immersion is a relatively simple one; it's to have a deep mental engagement with an object. It's a theory that extends well beyond games – when done well 3D is credited with improving immersion within a film, for instance. But it would seem on the surface that by giving a player direct control over an avatar in a game that games are the perfect fit for immersive experiences and that's when the idea of interactivity kicks in. The more interactive an environment is, the deeper the player's engagement with that game will be.
There's a limit to how far a game's developer can take immersion and interactivity, as it is not in a game's interest to effect an Uncanny Valley response from the player (
the theory that when real-world replicas look too real they effect revulsion amongst human observers
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So, when players talk about wanting to be immersed within they game, what they're talking about is a desire for a rich, interactive experience within a digital space that is interesting enough to engage their cognitive thinking. Looking at the current state of the games industry, I would have to say that gamers are not that interested in immersive experiences at all, and the developers of popular games are even less interested in providing players with them. It would seem that there's a mutual and unspoken agreement between developer and gamer: "we'll build an illusion that our games are interactive an immersive, and you, the gamer, will play along." That unspoken agreement is, to my way of thinking, holding the games industry back from breaking away from cinema and literature to become a distinctive and unique form of entertainment and art.
So let's start with the problems I have with the idea of 'interactivity' within games, because the reality is that in the mainstream games industry interactivity is at best an illusion. Let's take a look at Mass Effect 3 as an example. This is a game that is nominally an RPG – a genre famed for being highly engaging and interactive - and Mass Effect 3 is often lauded in the press because it has a dynamic plot that adjusts based on the player's actions. Break the game down, though, and it actually does not. Inconsequential elements of the plot adjust based on whether you're playing nice or naughty, honourable or sleazy. Players might even hit enough right responses that the avatar gets to get hot and sweaty with a non-player character.
But is this really interactivity? To me, this is no more evolved than a simple Choose-your-own-adventure gamebook, and is a spectacular failure when you consider the power of modern game platforms. From the first moment of Mass Effect 3, the game knows exactly how it will end, even if the player doesn't. Without being able to change the destiny of the game in a meaningful way, how can we say a game is "interactive?" Having a plot dictated to us is not interactivity, it's a linear progression, little different to watching a film or reading a book.
Some games, especially JRPGs, offer multiple endings depending on how well players perform. On the surface this seems to be enabling interactivity, but is it really? The answer is no. Once again, the game's conclusion is pre-set, and the player just needs to hit the right triggers to make the right endings happen. That can be challenging and rewarding, but Choose-your-own-adventure game books are linear experiences. They have different endings, so there are essentially 4, 5, 10 different linear experiences within the one book, but the idea of interactivity and immersion breaks down as soon as the player loses the ability to carve his/ her own story within the game.
That brings us to the idea of open world games. After all, in a game like Skyrim or Assassin's Creed 3, players are free to do their own thing between missions, and complete or ignore sub-quests as they see fit. A game like Skyrim is so large that it's possible to be fulfilled as a player without even touching the linear main story (or, in fact, any of the linear sub-stories).
While the open world games are certainly more interactive in terms of plotting, in other ways these games are so limited in terms of interactivity that they again break down a genuine sense of immersion. Assassin's Creed and the Grand Theft Auto games are, outside of a few key activities, barren interactive environments, little better than a model diorama. Yes, there are cars to drive in a Grand Theft Auto game, and yes you can gun down random people on the street. But you can't interact with them in any way that isn't violent. Yes, in Assassin's Creed you can climb buildings, but you can't enter most of them. When a developer limits what a player can do in the game world, then the developer is dictating the experience to the player, and is doing so at the expense of interactivity and consequently immersion.
Take that to the extreme and you end up with Goichi Suda's parody of open world games in No More Heroes – an empty wasteland designed for little more than funnelling players towards the next objective, mission, or point of interest. This illusion of interactivity would seem to be enough for most players, given how popular the Grand Theft Auto and Assassin's Creed series' have been, but the question remains – have these games done enough to build a genuinely interactive experience? I would argue not.
Even Skyrim, which many hold up as the paragon of non-linear gaming, is deceptively linear in many ways. Players can pick which dungeons they want to tackle, and which storylines they'd like to follow, but each individual storyline is a linear tale, and each dungeon is a point-A-to-point-B trip. In practice and beneath that illusion of interactivity, Skyrim is a collection of short stories and following a trail of breadcrumbs that the developers have left the player. Breaking away from that formula leaves players largely in a rut, unable to do much other than wander around towns that are stuck in stasis until the player triggers a new plot.
I'm using these RPGs as examples because debunking the myth of interactivity and immersion becomes even easier when you look at high-profile games like Call of Duty, where there is almost no interactivity, let alone immersion. Like those duck-shooting sideshow games at a carnival a game like Call of Duty (and most of the FPS genre), is a shooting gallery repackaged with some Michael Bay-style cut scenes and a bit of artificial intelligence to make the game a little more challenging. Players are not involved in the world in any way that is not strictly on the game's terms, or to put it in another way, from start to finish the players of a typical shooter game are playing the game in the way that the developers have told them to play it. It is in practice no different from a blockbuster film that, like a roller coaster ride, pulls players through a wild time.
None of this is to criticise any of these games. They are all wonderfully entertaining and rightfully lauded by the press and gaming community. However, these games are often lauded for the wrong reasons. Those games that are genuinely interactive and immersive are games that are, at best, games with niche appeal.
What does a game need to be genuinely interactive an immersive? I would argue that it firstly needs to give players control over the plot. By this, I don't mean that a game should allow players a couple of decisions on the path to a predetermined destiny – as in Mass Effect 3. What I mean is that the players should have control over the creation of the story – a proactive control over the direction of the plot, rather than a reactive one.
The few games that have tried to do this have, to date, essentially had no plot. A game like
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Now, of course Dear Esther is a game that many players find deathly boring, and I am in no way suggesting that it is the way all games should be. Dear Esther is experimental and as immersive as it is, also fails to adequately represent the "immersion" that many gamers claim they want. There is one great example of a game that is non-linear, immersive, and interactive to its very core, while also being a commercial success, however.
That game is of course Minecraft. With no "story" players write their own. It's an open world game, but unlike the blockbuster Assassin's Creed and Grand Theft Auto games, Minecraft does not put rules on the players – if they see something in the game's world, and they want to do something to it, they probably can.
Minecraft is the only example of a relatively mainstream title that is genuinely interactive and immersive. Given the power of consoles and PCs now, I must admit that I am somewhat disappointed that the big developers and publishers are so focused on making games that, while undeniably entertaining, fail to really push the boundaries of the games medium, and are merely repackaging cinematic experiences with a couple of choice marketing words on the press release.
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February 8 Winter Color and First Flowers (Members only)
March 8 Snowdrops and Other Minor Bulbs
April 12 Winterhazels and Early Azaleas
May 10 Azaleas and Spring Wildflowers
June 14 (8:00 pm) Meadows, Streams, and Ponds (bring your flashlight)
July 12 (8:00 pm) Chimney Swifts on Farm Hill (bring your flashlight)
August 9 (7:00 pm) Sunset from the Train Station (bring your flashlight and prepare for a long walk)
September 13 Garden Architecture and Water Features
October 11 Autumn Color, Flowers, and Fruits
November 8 Late Fall Color in the Garden
December 13 Conifers and the Winter Garden
Learn fascinating, little-known details about the estate with our horticulture staff. Dress for the weather and wear walking shoes. Walk lasts about 90 minutes. Members free. Included with admission. In case of inclement weather, an update message will be left at 302.888.4915 after 10:00 am on the day of the walk.
Wednesdays at Winterthur
Wednesdays from April–October (except August), 11:30 am
Join us for demonstrations, talks, and guided walks covering a wide range of gardening topics. Programs take place on Wednesdays starting at the Brown Horticulture Learning Center. Visit Wednesdays at Winterthur for dates, titles, and detailed descriptions of each program. Members free. Included with admission.
APGA Historic Landscapes Symposium
Telling the Garden's Story
October 15–18, 2014
Hosted by Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library
Garden Workshops & Talks
Hands-on Bulb Planting
Friday, November 7, 1:30–3:30 pm, Brown Horticulture Learning Center
Learn the basics of fall bulb planting through classroom and hands-on demonstrations. Winterthur has literally millions of bulbs and over the years our garden staff has developed techniques of planning and planting bulbs to maximize efficiency and create the best display. Participants will have the opportunity to try their hand at planting bulbs and will leave with a bulb selection to try in their garden. Class will take place indoors and in the field. $25 per Member. $35 per nonmember.
*Call 800.448.3883 to register for workshops.
*For information on floral arranging workshops in the Brown Center, visit the adult programming page.
Making a Bottle Gourd Birdhouse
November 30, 3:30–4:30 pm
Make a birdhouse that will attract a house wren to your garden. A dried gourd will be drilled, seeds will be removed, and the house will be painted with non-toxic paints. Please wear work clohtes. 10-family limit. $15 per child. Registration required. Call 800.448.3883 to register.
Farm Stand
The Farm Stand will be located in front of the Museum Store at the Cottage. Visit us on Thursdays, July– September, 1:30–5:30 pm, to select fresh, local produce. Parking is available behind the cottage near the Winterthur Post Office. Note: Guests who would like to tour Winterthur's exhibitions or grounds will require a ticket. No ticket is required for the Farm Stand or the Museum Store.
Estate Tour
Wednesdays, June through September, 4:30 pm
Visit the former dairy and farm while exploring the ever-changing estate landscape on this narrated tram tour. Hear accounts of estate history as you see how we have repurposed historic work areas. Glimpse behind the scenes on this tour led by a specially-trained guide. The 45-minute tour will leave from the east circle near the Dorrance Gallery. Reservations recommended by 4:00 pm, $5 per person upgrade, Members free, capacity of 40, weather permitting, handicapped-accessible, recommended for adults.
Garden Tram (seasonal and weather permitting)
This 20-minute narrated tour features highlights of the garden and introduces the history of Winterthur. The tour begins at the Visitor Center ends at the museum building. Stops include Azalea Woods, Magnolia Bend, and Enchanted Woods. During Point-to-Point each year, we do not offer garden trams.
KIDS GROW Children's Vegetable Garden
June 7–August 2
Exclusively for Members! Children of Member families are introduced to vegetable gardening in this 8-week course that runs from June to July. Kids plan, cultivate, care for, and harvest their own plots as well as form a community garden with staff horticulturists. Children must be accompanied by an adult. All garden tools and seeds will be provided. Members only; free. Call 302.888.4779 by May 1 to register. Space is limited.


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Myles Payne, 3, of Gig Harbor, takes a taste of the frosting "mortar" as his dad, Murray, helps put the walls to his gingerbread house up on a cardboard frame.
Gig Harbor resident Dena Getbehead, 4, was one of hundreds of children who attended the annual gingerbread house activity at the Gig Harbor Library on Saturday where the ersatz homebuilders had their choice of any number of edible add-ons available to decorate the homes.
Arlie Heater, 4, of Gig Harbor, gets most of her frosting in the right place to secure a mint to the side of her house.
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The gingerbread house making activity was at times standing room only at the three craft tables set up, with participants young and old lining both sides of each table.
From left, Youth Services Librarian Tamara Saarinen, and her son, Jeremiah Thomas, 12, of Gig Harbor, place a number of paper house frames out to meet the demand of homebuilders at the library on Saturday.
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For two nights in 1969, Charles Manson and his deranged "family" terrorized Los Angeles, committing seven murders.
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The multi-media artist addresses language and communication, especially between humans and other species- namely bees. By working collaboratively with the bees, Dyck explores our relationship with them, and takes into account the bees' use of their own senses. Each of her projects was designed to be affected by the bees' sight, scent, vibration and movement.
Visually, her work also takes on different hues, textures and formations based on the bees' pheromones, the kinds of flowers they pollinate, and type of hives they live in. For some of her pieces, Dyck places metal signs she has created within a hive, letting the bees build their rich network of honeycomb around them. She also adds layer to found objects such as statues and figurines with the same method, resulting in other earthly statuettes encased in a honeycomb texture that transforms them into a beautiful, organic, mutant shapes.
Dyck's unconventional artist studio is the apiary. Dressed in beekeeping garb (with all openings sealed, as Dyck ironically has been diagnosed with a bee allergy), as she creates her works, the artist travels back and forth from the apiary to monitor the progress of the objects she transforms with the bees.
Her partnership with bees helps viewers understand the importance of the pollinators, while also highlighting the exquisite beauty that happens in nature.
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becabeeby April 30, 2012 at 8:18 am
wonderful work but i dont agree with 'using' the bees so much-they must be exhausted building all that honeycomb & then having it taken away! hope you dont suffer from CCD, i also am a bee-collaborating artist, & beekeeper.
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michael cahill April 28, 2012 at 7:13 pm
I am a chef in Sydney and would love to aquire a bee sculture for my breakfast buffet!!
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The OverAchiever: Pimp thy ride
As you've probably already read, players will be able to purchase 310 percent flying speed from trainers in Cataclysm. While this is good news for people who hate raiding, think arena was shat into existence by the most sociopathic among the development team, or spent School of Hard Knocks trying to drown themselves in the nearest body of water, the bad news is that buying your way to super-fast flying will run you a cool 5,000 gold.
Outrageous, says this dyed-in-the-wool cheapskate. For anyone else who'd rather die than part with a centavo of hard-earned gold, the good news is that having even a single 310 percent flyer in your stable is enough to get you the skill free. Fortunately, there's plenty of time to snag yourself one of these coveted mounts before Cataclysm hits, and just as fortunately, each mount is the reward (or subject) of an achievement.
Strategy guides for obtaining each of the remaining 310 percent mounts is definitely beyond the scope of this article (although I'll probably devote an edition of OverAchiever to nabbing the Rusted Proto-Drake, above) but we can take a visual tour of the fast flyers that any hard-working player can still get in Wrath of the Lich King.
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Leo Tolstoy grew up on an estate and was orphaned at nine. He lived aimlessly before joining the army at 23. His army service contributed to a successful collection of stories, "Sevastapol Sketches" (1855–56); a short novel, "The Cossacks" (1863) and his long epic of the Napoleonic Wars, "War and Peace" (1865–69), one of the greatest narrative achievements in literature. Another great novel, "Anna Karenina" (1874–77), tells the parallel stories of an adulterous love between a passionate woman and a military officer, and of an introspective estate owner. After converting to what has been called Christian anarchy, Tolstoy lived a life of pacifism, poverty, and moral searching. Other fictional works include the novellas "The Death of Ivan Ilych" (1886) and "The Kreutzer Sonata" (1889). — From The New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge
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For Tolstoy and Russia, Still No Happy Ending
The centennial of his death was treated with ambivalence as intellectuals and the church debated his legacy.January 4, 2011 booksNews
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Tolstoy's Dress Code: A moral schema, in which the impossibly chic are hung by a thread.
In Tolstoy's fiction, clothing is a disguise that rarely succeeds. He dresses his characters to explain them -- to tell us who they are, who they think they are and how we should feel about them. And in the process, he overlooks nothing -- from the size of a cuff link, to the fact that a man's coat is ready -- (not tailor) made. Tolstoy finds clothing revealing in a way that other great 19th-century novelists -- Dickens, for instance -- do not.May 1, 1994 magazineNews
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At Tolstoy's Retreat, Bones of Contention
At Tolstoy's vast country estate, Yasnaya Polyana, everything is just as it was when the great writer died. His pen lies on his writing table. The simple peasant blouse he always wore hangs from a peg in his bedroom. His beloved birch-lined drive still thrives. And so does the bitter fighting that divided Tolstoy's household during his last, famously unhappy years.March 7, 1994 artsNews
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The Hut Where Tolstoy Died
Astapovo. It is a tiny railroad station in western Russia, unmarked in any atlas I have seen. There, in the stationmaster's humble little shack beside the tracks, a small iron bedstead was placed in the living room with, beside it, a bedside table with a lamp, a candle, matches and the sick man's notebook.March 4, 1990 travelNews
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The serfs are gone from Yasnaya Polyana but birches still sway on this serene piece of Russia that was universe enough for the riotous creativity of Leo Tolstoy. Here, on his aristocratic family's estate, the writer and moral reformer was born, and here he alternately despaired and then took heart from fallible humanity, reworking its lessons and language into art.October 1, 1989 travelNews
New Translations of Tolstoy's 'Anna Karenina'
Two new translations of Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina."
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More Than a Century Later, Sophia Tolstoy Has Her Say
Leo Tolstoy's spouse, Sophia, wrote two novellas in reply to his story "The Kreutzer Sonata," works that will be included in "The Kreutzer Sonata Variations," from Yale University Press.
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November 25, 2013, Monday
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In "Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812" the characters pursue their fates, happy and otherwise, in the grand houses of 19th-century Moscow.
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Movies have long loved the tale of Leo Tolstoy's impassioned heroine Anna Karenina, but the faithfulness of adaptations have greatly varied.
November 4, 2012, Sunday
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This month, Sam Tanenhaus, the editor of the Book Review, will lead a discussion on a new translation of Leo Tolstoy's "War and Peace." The other panelists are Bill Keller, Stephen Kotkin, Francine Prose and Liesl Schillinger.Go to Reading Room »
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Origins of Some Turf Grasses
Most people look at lawns, see green stuff, and think that green stuff has always been around. While North America has always had prairie grasses and meadow grasses tucked in and around forests, the turf grasses we know mainly come from faraway regions. In fact, the major native turf grass is buffalograss, often used in the southern Plains states. Here's a quick background on the origins of some of our common turf grasses.


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FBLA 20 Questions: Diz White
She's funny. She's British. And she's pimping a book. So why wouldn't LA voice-over talent/playwright/author Diz White answer our 20 Stupid Questions?
Especially since we agreed to mention her upcoming book signing for The Comedy Group Book (How to Run One!, How to Get Laughs!, How to Make Money!) on Thursday at 7 p.m. at Samuel French Theatre & Film Bookshop in Studio City (11963 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, CA 91604)
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Moore takes sectional title, Starfires advance entire squads
South Adams' Hannah Moore claimed her first sectional championship Tuesday night and led the Starfire girls to a second place finish in the Bellmont cross country sectional in Decatur.
Moore ran in a conservative lead pack through the first mile, but broke away in the latter stages of the 5-kilometer race and won in 19:48.31. She is the first female from South Adams to collect a cross county individual sectional title.
Homestead won the team championship with six of its seven runners finishing in the top 10. The Spartans collected 27 points. South Adams was second with 82, Norwell third with 98, Woodlan fourth with 127 and Bellmont fifth with 140. Those five teams and a...
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Dave Pericak, chief engineer behind the Ford Mustang, recently stopped by Jay Leno's Garage to give the TV personality a personal tour of the 2013 Mustang Boss 302 Laguna Seca. It's no secret that Leno has a soft spot for Ford products. He owns a boatload of high-performance Blue Oval machines, including a Ford GT and a wicked Shogun. So, what does he think of the new Boss? Leno seems impressed with the machine, especially when it comes to the balance of horsepower and overall performance, calling the Boss 302 Laguna Seca the most sports car of all the Mustang variants. Leno even goes so... Read More


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- In eighth-grade, the percentage reaching Basic increased from 52 to 68 percent and the percentage reaching Proficient increased from 15 to 29 percent.
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- In eighth-grade, the percentage reaching Basic increased from 69 to 74 percent and the percentage reaching Proficient increased from 29 to 32 percent.
- Despite some improvement in black student performance, in both fourth- and eighth-grade, white students' scores are about 30 points higher than black students' scores and 27 points higher than Hispanic students' scores. The achievement gap is almost as wide today as it was in 1992.
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Moved to HALP! Read the sticky on DPS'ing as a DK for starters btw.
I honestly, just want to be doing the best dps I can, as soon as possible! With what I have, I can do about 5k dps with Hysteria, DRW, and trinkets up, and it falls to about 4.5k sustained.
Whatever needs to happen, I'm down!
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From reading through the stickies and such, would it be better to spec into Unholy and gem pure Str until I get a better set of gear?
Perhaps unholy DPS does well for starters (somewhat simpler from what i understand)
I play a prot/fury warrior but i can give you some general melee DPS pointers.
Your still on the low end of gear, neck trinket bracers back (lesser extent belt) so now is not the time to even look at raid DPS.
ArP and You
Do not gem ArP unless you meet one of these requirements.
1. You have a trinket that proc's ArP
When you meet this requirement you will gem only enough ArP so that when the item procs you sit at 100% then you will pop hysteria and other CD's during the proc's up-time.
2. Your gear can sustain levels of ArP meeting or exceeding ~85%
The exact point ArP outweighs strength is different per character and class but the point is below 85% in the majority of cases.
So in the mean time Gem strength it is a much nicer amount of DMG than you will see with ArP right now
Hit and Expertise
263 aka 8% for hit if you have a talent that knocks it down great do some subtraction and figure it out.
26 is how much expertise you need. anything less and your getting dodged, plain and simple
Gear you can get for expertise may be hard but a few i know that aren't to bad are
specifics of your rotation and such wil have to be handled by someone else hope i could help.
So as far as Arp, I should stick with gemming Str until I higher level of gear? And in terms of rotation, Im doing the accepted blood rotation of:
PS>IS>HS>HS>DS>Runic Dump
DS>HSx4 Runic Dump
I'll work on getting that belt and ring, and replacing the lacking pieces of gear in my set.
ArP leave it be until you get a needle encrusted scorpion ( you don't seem like your raiding alot of old content) then come back and ask how you do it.
"ArP leave it be until you get a needle encrusted scorpion ( you don't seem like your raiding alot of old content) then come back and ask how you do it."
I'm a bit confused by this. By old content you mean Ulduar, ToC, etc?
I'll mass farm heroics and try and get NES and BoV and come back and see what's up!
naxx and ulduar are the only other places that drop arp proccing trinkets...which i assume he means when he says older content.
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dont gem armpen till ur around 750 i do believe and currently unholy is the best raiding spec but u can pull off it with blood to
AFAIK of only with Blood do you really want gem for ArPen for DKs.
Unholy is big on disease damage.
So as Unholy Id be wanting to gem pure strength because of the bonus to the ghoul dps and the AP increase to disease dot damage?
I went ahead and specced Unholy, and gemmed for Str and Str/Haste at the advice of my guildies, and found my dps has almost doubled!
Honestly one of the best decisions Ive made thus far. I also went ahead and powerleveled Herb/Alch so I can always have a flask running, and provide a bit more raid utility for my guild
I believe all 3 specs are viable and the dps difference between them is minimal and different on different encounters, frost-high single target damage, unholy-high damage over time, for instance you still do a lot of damage on fights when you have to run out on sindragosa, similar to an affliction lock, blood-high burst damage on fights with a lot of target switching, I've seen blood dks outdo both other specs on fights such as blood council and professor putricide, although unholy isn't far behind, frost struggles on these fights due to issues with keep razorice stacks and how much damage obliterate gets from having both diseases on a target


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Life® is a true pelletized and homogenous organic all purpose fertilizer that produces remarkable results because nutrients are released quickly yet continue to feed for several months. Ultra-premium scientific formula provides optimum levels of primary essential plant nutrients, including micronutrients and multi-minerals. This is our easiest to use fertilizer and can be applied to the soil without having to be worked in. Very easy!
Infused with ProBiotic®— consisting of "Seven Champion Strains" of beneficial soil microbes and eight select strains of ecto & endo mycorrhizae—which contributes to drought tolerance, enhanced nutrient availability, and increased plant performance. The Dr. Earth® probiotics are a most complete "broad-spectrum" bio-active package designed to work synergistically with the raw organic nutrients that make up the Life® formula. This spectacular blend builds soil health, promotes disease resistance, and assists the growth for, remarkable plants every time.
Primary & secondary nutrients derived from: Fish bone meal, fish meal, alfalfa meal, feather meal, mined potassium sulfate, bat guano, kelp meal, soft rock phosphate, cottonseed meal, and
seaweed extract.
Providing balanced and fast nutrition for all vegetables, flowers, bedding plants, potted plants, all trees, shrubs, annuals, perennials and even spot treating lawns.
Vegetables, Annuals, Perennials and Bedding Plants
New plantings: During bed preparation, mix in 3/4 of a cup of Dr. Earth's Life® fertilizer for every 10 square feet of growing area (approx. 2' x 5'), or 3 cups for every 50 feet of planting row. Till the soil to a depth of 6 to 12 inches and water well.
Established plants: Use 1 cup for every 20 sq. feet (approx. 4'x5') of growing area, or 1 1/2 cups for every 50 feet of row. Work in gently and water thoroughly.
When to apply: Every other month year-round.
Potted Plants
New plantings: When potting plants, mix 1 heaping tablespoon of Dr. Earth's Life® fertilizer per gallon of potting soil, or add 1/4 cup per 1/2 cubic foot (approx. 5 gallons) of potting soil. Mix soil and fertilizer thoroughly. Water well after planting.
Established plants: Sprinkle 1 tablespoon for every 6 inches of pot diameter, or 1/4 cup per 1/2 cubic foot (approx. 5 gallons) of soil. Water thoroughly.
When to apply: Every other month year-round.
Trees and Shrubs
New plantings: Before you plant, add 1 cup of Dr. Earth's Life® fertilizer to soil that will be used to fill the tree or shrub hole. Once planting is completed, add an additional 1/2 cup and cultivate gently into the top 6 inches of planting surface and water well.
Established plants: Use 1 cup for every inch of trunk diameter (measured at 4" – 6" above soil line). Broadcast inside of the drip line. Water thoroughly after application.
When to apply: Every other month year-round.
Fertilizer Tea, Foliar Feeding and Deep Root Feeding
For a rich liquid mixture of Dr. Earth's Life®, mix 2 pounds, or 5 cups for every 5 gallons of water. Let the mixture set for 24 hours. Strain well and mulch all the solids around the root zone. The liquid portion (tea) can be applied at 1 to 2 cups per plant, or 2 to 4 cups for larger plants. Use full strength to foliar feed and for deep root feeding of all plants.
This product should be suitable for use in organic agriculture as it has been deemed to be compliant with the USDA National Organic Program. However, as the status of any product can change at anytime, please always confirm that this product is allowed by your certifying agency.


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