Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Billy the cute little Dranei refugee kid

I did it. I reached level 58, and Tyramisu's got her little butt in Outlands! It's pretty cool so far, although my joy was somewhat dampened by the level of extreme lag I experience in Shattrath. (But that's probably my crappy computer more than anything else). My friend in real life and level 70 priest Starbelly is supernice and decided to play tour guide, showing me around and helping me get FPs. I was like a little kid, running around and looking at stuff whilst Starbelly graciously saved my butt numerous times as I did so. I haven't explored much so far, but I've learned this: While everything in Outlands looks cool, most if not all of it seems to be out to kill you. Dangerous things so far include: monsters that attack you from the sky, monsters that came straight out of the movie Tremors, monsters that are as big as buildings, and monsters that look like pretty butterflies but will tear your limbs apart if you get too close. The only safe discovery I seem to have made so far is this:




Billy the cute little Dranei refugee kid. He looks harmless enough right? ...Right?

Well, I'm off to explore (and die) some more. I wonder how much XP I can get off simply discovering new zones?

Saturday, February 23, 2008

Things that make me want to /scream

I will update these as I think of more to add...

1.  Making the painfully long flight from Orgrimmar to Un'Goro to do Alien Ecology quest, only to realize [Scraping Jar] is happily nestled in one of your bank slots in city.

2. Racing against another player to that mineral node/herb a second too late.

3.  Accidently placing item for 2 silver instead of 2 gold on AH...of course it's bought out before you catch mistake!

4. Random invites to party, only so player can advertise "cheap wow gold!"

5. Realizing that all those [Flask of Mojo]s  you gleefully found and sold are actually an item needed to level for your profession.

6. Clearing out an area so you can gather mineral/herb, only to have some stubby little gnome rogue stealth in and and take it before you can.

7. Members in party fighting and leaving in the middle of an instance.

8.  Grinding quests where the drop rate of necessary item appears to be 0.0000000000005%.

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Finished BRD!

Aaah!  Tonight I finally managed to finish BRD, after two previously unsuccessful attempts.  I remember when I first saw Blackrock Mountain and the entrance into the instance, I was so impressed by how enormous it was.  Although it's a bit on the long side I had fun.  The bar area is super creepy to me.  Everyone in the bar is so....little, lol.  Little and drunk and the random laughter just seems on the creepy side...  Anyways, I happened to be the only caster with a party of mail and plate wearers, so I conveniently ended up with all the nice cloth items that dropped. I now have mostly blues. I ended up with some good +int and spell bonuses.  Also, I won some of the black diamonds that drop so I think that should help me with JC, I suppose I could go check the list of supplies if I wasn't so lazy at the moment. :P Even though we didn't finish the first two times I tried, the parties were still really good and enthusiastic.  Some highlights:
 
Warrior: "...! :D!"  (after giving out Prayer of Fortitude buff)

"...Statues must be terrified of this place!" (in the manufactory, where giant pieces of statues hang from hooks)

"Get off get off my turn!" (waiting in line to sit on the emperor's throne ^_^)


Tuesday, February 19, 2008

peaceful night of WoW

Last night I had the evening to myself so I decided to spend it playing some WoW, of course!  Joined a Sunken Temple group for fun mainly, I only had one little quest left for ST.  It's great when a group goes well and there are few to no wipes, everyone seems to know what they are doing and no one is stupid.  It went pretty well, and we managed to do everything in the instance I think.  I leveled to 53, got myself some new gear (I have almost all blues now), and talked with my friend about the myriad potentials of this game.  There are so many aspects of this game that can be a game within the larger universe if you let it: professions, moneymaking, fishing, etc.   Moneymaking on this game fascinates me, maybe because I wish I was better at it in real life...? ^_^  Right now I have 466 gold, which isn't bad for a level 53 I guess.  I plan on creating an article within the next couple of days of moneymaking tricks I personally like.  I do not use any mods atm, since I have heard too many horror stories of how they mess up your computer, but my friend made some recommendations and I might just add the auctioneer or cartographer one.  We'll see.  Five more levels until Outland!!

Monday, February 18, 2008

First Post

Yesterday my priest just hit 52 and I'm super excited for when I finally start getting into some of the end-game content.  I have a lot to learn, as I'm not really sure what I'm doing, but I think I'm doing OK.  Currently I'm specc'd out at shadow, just to solo easier but I think I am going to switch to holy once I hit 70.  I haven't decided yet.  I just want to be 58 already so I can go to outland! Even though I am 2/3 of the way done I still feel like I don't know anything, haha.  Although when I am healer in a group, nobody has told me I sucked or blamed my healing skills for a wipe so I think I am doing ok.