Busy Busy Busy...

Real life caught up to me in a big way this month, with the roll-out at work and going back to reservist for this week and the next... Still managed some WoW-time, but no blog time... :p

Of course, my PC imploded and while waiting for my WoW installation/patching to complete, I figure it's a good time to update some of the stuff that's happening...

Elainith and Kell both streamed past 30 and just a couple of nights ago, so did Tris. This meant the leopard travel form for her, so at least that's one more toon who don't have to slowly plod along...

For the others, SM beckons and while Vis totally lucked out on drops there, Mathe wasn't as impressed... Here's hoping it'll be good for the rest as well...

Pretty...

A run through Scarlet Monastary netted Vis some nice gear... While the rest of the instance was unkind, two visits to Doan had offered up Mantle of Doan, Robe of Doan and Hypnotic Blade! The best part was that again, Vis had nice matching clothes... Pretty nice...

But what's been making me pretty mad is that I would get 2-3 whispers every night selling gold or leveling services. I used to let these slide, but increasingly I would report spam them. It's getting to the point of EXTREME annoyance... It would be nice if there was a nice and easy way to catch these guys and perma-ban them before they even send their first whispers, but unfortunately, as long as there is a market for it, these jokers are going to be around... Which really begs the question, how much of a loser do you have to be to resort to these services? This is WoW... IT'S NOT EVEN REMOTELY HARD!!! But, we all know the answer, it's not that it's hard; it's that people are lazy... As long as there are people who access to more money than they have brains, and require instant gratification, not much we can do but just keep on right clicking and select 'Report Spam'. It doesn't help at all in the long run, but at least it makes you feel a little better... :p

Looking Good

While this happened a few days back, I didn't have time to get it written down till now... Bad me...

If you look at the screenshot of when my lock got her Felhunter (in this post), one thing you might notice is how nicely co-ordinated her clothes are. It wasn't planned, but just happened along the way...

For the record, if that's the look you want, Robe of the Moccasin, Feline Mantle, and Shredder Operating Gloves are the stuff you need.

However, since she is in her 30s, I went about getting her lock robes done. The first few parts were easy, a trip to the AH to buy an overpriced Robes of Arcana and get a Gold Bar out of the bank. Then, it's a round the world trips to kill some satyrs (which I managed slowly until Naraa came and mopped up the rest) and an inferno (which she one-shotted...) in Desolace... She had to go off, but Nraven was nice to help in AOEing down a bunch of Fire Elementals in Arathi.

So, Vis has new clothes, which were unfortunately, not an improvement (looks wise).

Now, the question is whether we should look into the Robe of Power, or hold out for the Shadoweave Robe?

Die? lol

Weekend was a bit of a grind, as the toons slowly edged closer to Level 30, with Mathe joining Vis across the line. The best thing? Feign Death! The uber Hunter skill! WOOT!!!

While on hunters, I've found that with the new leveling 'buffs' to pet, it hasn't been too stressful to keep two pets leveling at the same pace as the hunter, even with the leveling buff. Both Frostbite and Isis are pacing along just fine.

I've yet to get used to Isis starting her attack with a poison spit at max range but since the deadzone is no longer as unforgiving, there are advantages. Now, my pet could pull mobs out of pack, whereas with Frostbite, I would pull with a low ranked shot and then let Frostie Growl it off me. Because it doesn't need to close against the mob, Dash would also look to be less important. The lack of an AOE attack (like Screech) could prove to be a bother later, but it looks like I'll keep Isis for awhile. Of course, some might suggest a Wind Serpent as a better pet with a ranged ability, but Wind Serpents have become a bit common...

Finally, I wish my Hunter was a Leatherworker so he could eventually craft these... It's not so much how uber they are, but how cool they look... Maybe, there is something similar for my rogue? hmmmmm

Miss Bimbo Meets WoW

Horde players running through Ashenvale would know about the King of the Foulwead quest. It's a nice little quest, which can be solo'ed if you know the trick to it (I only found out after I got Xig to help though... :p). The nice thing though is that the quest item is not on the final boss, but in a basket which spawns on the ground after he dies. Now, anyone can loot that. So, I parked Vis, Mathe, and Elainith in the vicinity, used Kell to watch Xig go on a killing spree and after that had everyone loot the item and complete the quest.

But that's not the big thing about the quest. It's the quest reward. Of course, not too interesting for Vis, but for the rest? Well, the pic below of Elainith (the blue vest) and Kell (the blue undies) tell the story...


OK, we still can't buy breast augmentations for G, maybe WoW is leaving that for the next expansion...

2.4.1

No WoW since Patch 2.4.1 was released. Just a small patch to correct some errors... Frankly, it looks like mainly simple client side fixes, and I'm not sure why it requires an extended downtime... Guess other things needed to be fixed as well.

Guess Kell's assault on the Furborgs in Ashenvale will have to wait till tomorrow.