I've been busy (Screenshot Heavy)

Self explanatory? I hope so. :)
-Lots of Heroics (Oculus featured because it looks DAMN cool)
-Leveling Fishing xP at 268 atm, I think...er. Yea. ;-; I'm getting there!
-Leveling my Druid (level 35! - I'm going to get her the 10% XP shoulders ^^)
-Leveling my Baby Shammy (On the back burner now, Druid first, then Warlock, then Shammy)
-Watching lots of videos (A6! ^^)

That's enough....um. Yeah I've been playing, just not posting. x.x' sorry!

Crossbows, RNG, and Heroics...

So I've been running a few more heroics, nothing like that massive full day affair last weekend. Damn that was fun, but I didn't get anything else done that day, so it came at a price. Anyway, I ran heroic UK, since my cuddly warrior tank friend asked me to (He's an orc). We were going to do Nexus afterwards (hoping for the trinket drop) then Heroic UP for the regular dungeon daily.

Before that I got a group for Heroic Gundrak which I DON'T need anything from. I mean, there is no way possible that instance will drop something of use to me. /cry but it was the daily! I had to do it! I HAD TO.
Anyway. x.x'
While I was waiting to get in, I jumped in the well in Dalaran because I wanted to goof around in the sewers and look for elixers because nothing is more fun than running around Dalaran as a wasp or tuskaar.
I got stuck. I lagged and missed the portal and was stuck at the bottom of the well. And while this is hilarious in all ways, especially since I'm a hunter, it meant I had to wait for a summon to get out. Sadly, it took about twenty minutes to find a full group. I enjoy pugs generally (don't ask me why)...
As a joke - I sent in a GM ticket, my Hearthstone had a few minutes left on CD and I didn't want to burn it simply to get out of a well. xD
I have the hilarious conversation screenshotted - but it's on the other computer and my sister is healing with her priesty in..I don't know, I think BFD again. Haha. I'll edit this and add it as soon as I can. Let's just say we discussed the great textures in the bottom of the well, and how Mogget isn't quite as fast as Lassie in getting help. :)

Afterwards the run went okay, we wiped a few times since the tank /failed a bit at tanking. :( I think I'm spoiled as far as good tanks go though, since I have quite a few good friends who are AMAZING tanks. Amazing enough that my misdirects are kinda silly and a waste of mana. /shrug but hey! It's reflex. Oh MD is off cooldown /click /misdirect to tank /cast multi-shot
Uhm.

Afterwards, we split up and Kill (My warrior tank friend) asked me if I wanted to DPS for heroics. Of course I said yes and we did Heroic UK first, the crossbow dropped and I took a while to figure out if I actually WANTED it. Because..y'know, that troll passive. Haha also my crossbow skill is 1/400. I rolled Need and the other hunter won it, so I was okay, no need to grind low level mobs with a crossbow now. :D yaayyz

I never got to run Nexus or UP because I couldn't reset the parental controls password which is set for normal weekdays NOT Spring Break. /grumble it still hasn't arrived. (the email with the new one).

Weellll. Tonight I'm going to try to run a few more heroics, I actually made a list of what I need from different instances and what instances I never ever need to run again. (Gundrak is the only one haha)
I hope Nexus is the daily.
I hope Nexus is the daily.
I hope Nexus is the daily.
or Heroic Old Kingdom because I need that bow!

alright I'm done. :P
Thanks for reading.

OMG BBQ - lookie thar!

I've been very lucky with loot.
Thank you, oh gods of loot. Thank you for sharing your wealth. /bow

Case and point:
Plunderer's Helmet (Heroic UK)
Massive Spaulders of the Jormungar (Heroic UP)
Interwoven Scale Bracers (Heroic Nexus)
Handgrips of the Savage Emissary (Heroic Violet Hold)
Waistband of the Thuzadin (Reg CoS)
And with the emblems from all those runs....
Pendant of the Outcast Hero

So yes. I've been a busy little bee. ^^
Quickly getting geared for Naxx eventually. Doing tons of heroics, lots of Wintergrasp and maybe doing Vault soon.

Also; I got Revered with Ebon Blade via heroics, and got my loot from them <3
Reaper of Dark Soulsx2 + 50AP enchant
Arcanum of Torment for my head slot enchant

Priorities at the moment:
Run lots of Heroic Old Kingdom to get the bow that drops there (Titanium Compound Bow) which is the best bow until Arrowsong.

Other than Heroics and Wintergrasp, I've basically been goofing off.
Skydiving in the lake near UK/UP before running them, running around in circles in Dalaran, running guildies, /gchat silly conversations, grinding Rep, etc. Being 80 is quite a bit of fun, I'm liking the whole idea of rarely soloing and just being silly and people not caring. I've also gone through about 15 Greats Feasts in the past two days ;-; I'm going to need to farm some more meats soon, I'm compltely out of chilled meat for my dailies.

My DPS is lacking, and I'm tweaking my spec when I'm in Org to see if I can remedy that until the patch when I'll duel spec to Survival/Beast Mastery.
But I'm not dropping BM completely. Nope. No worries. ^^
I'm trying to avoid using a crossbow, due to my 1% crit racial bonus (excuse) but if Drake-Mounted Crossbow drops I can't really justify not using it. /sigh. I guess it's time to get my crossbow skill up! /wrists

So....that's what I've been up to. ^^
Thanks for reading!

Bai,
Artemes.

Of druids, epic dings and excessive lag

I do not like playing on my laptop.
Case and point:
Note the bottom right hand corner.....
Latency: 2345
Framerate: 11fps
And that's on Artebank who's UI is VERY VERY bland! :O

HAHAHA.
I still managed to ding tho....
Ding --> Grats Mirubea :) Wee.

Speaking of dings....

YES.
YES.
YES.
YEEEESSSSSSSS.
Artemes is 80! ARTEMES IS LEVEL FREAKING 80!! :D
WEEEE. I can run around in Dalaran and be silly and not do anything important for WEEKS and people won't whisper me and ask me what the hell is taking so long and why I'm not 80 yet. (Got at least 10 whispers from diff people telling me to level over the course of being level 78-79)

I CAN DO HEROICS (almost)!
I CAN BE SRS AND PHAT AND....um.
EPIC. ^^ I can get epic lootz!

But yeah. First thing I did....
Oh geeze it was fun. It was so much fun, I think I should be DOCKED honor for participating. idk what people bitch about, Wintergrasp is sooo much fun. :D Running around killing allies who are throwing bombs and such at you? Seems fun to me.
I've only played Defense, which was basically a zerg rush followed by a minor withdraw (due to deaths) then a smaller zerg with more support classes.
Yeah. So basically we pwned. I'm going to try at offense sometime eventually. Also; so you know. Alliance are outnumbered 1:5 on our server. :P Aah well. Low population server...ROLL AN ALT ^^


Oh; finally. As I promised, Screenie of my netherdrake.



P.S. Back to the Dr00d :P
I got her some awesome healy gear and some pretty nice feral stuff. Despite this...I'm considering switching her to resto/balance at 40 because...well. BOOMKIIINNNNNNN.
Thank you, that is all. XD

Bai,
Artemes

Netherdrakes, Oracles and Heroics

Before I begin, you should probably know; What I'm getting done WoW Wise is getting done on a very...extremely...obscenely limited schedule. Meaning, if I'm lucky, about two hours a week. I may be able to work out something a bit more...er...flexible in time. Just need to wait till my Mom is in a better mood to negotiate with.
So, here's what I've gotten done so far in WoW over the past three weeks or so...

• I got my Netherwing Drake. No, I don't have screenshots. I should probably get some...oh well. I got the green one because, well, it's unique, the others all pretty much look blue (I'll likely get a few more or all of them eventually).
  
  
• I got revered with the Oracles (FINALLY) - Also got my first Mysterious Egg which will hatch next Saturday --> Also got my Toothslice Helm which upped my DPS quite nicely. :D
  
  
• Got my Kirin Tor and Wyrmrest Accord Tabards. I'm also working on getting to friendly with The Knights of the Ebon Blade for my tabard with them. ^^
  
  

What I'm planning on working on:

• Doing more PvP for Bonus Honor at 79 (easier than 80) and also marks for (MAYBE) PvP gear
• Wintergrasp (Never done it..I'd like to...really soon :P)
• Getting Rep with Ebon Blade and Wyrmrest Accord for Fang of Truth/Reaper of Dark Souls, Spaulders of the Black Arrow, and Arcanum of Torment
• Rep with Sons of Hodir for Shoulder 'chants
• Leveling to 80, Eventually...Likely through rep quests or Icecrown /wrists I hate that place. :(

Oh. I installed Multishot so I'll have screenshots for whenever I ding/get an achievement/get a boss kill. :) Yay!
You can see my glaringly ugly clicker UI (meh...) and me (eventually) dinging 80. :D

Corpse Piles

They're not only for mages. :P

Also;
The Storm Peaks Disguise...my poor mounts. :(

On Haitus.

I won't be playing WoW for a while....I can't be sure how long that 'while' will be.
Let's just say it's because of parenting fail. Alright? Good.


Not that anyone reads this anyway. x.x'
Bai then,
I'll write again...eventually.
Artemes will be sitting happily at 79 until then.

For the Horde!

I did it!
I really did!
On a whim I decided to join a [For the Horde] Achievement raid. We went to Ironforge first and failed epicly. Most of the group left, I was passed lead so I took over.
I kicked those that were under level 75 and recruited only 75+. With a majority of 80s we slaughtered Exodonar and Darnassas - THEN we ran into Stormwind, no wipes, we killed the king easily. Nobody died for any of those! NOBODY DIED. :o

Then...the Alliance caught on....a bunch of them met us in Ironforge, we wiped four times and decided to regroup.
Headed to Orgrimmar and recruited more healers to compensate for those who left as soon as we wiped in Ironforge.
We got a full group and stormed Ironforge.
The king died, we danced on his corpse and got our warbears.
It was amazing, we were coordinated and buffed and geeze.
It was epic. Just...epic.
Now...screenshots! Please note, these aren't the best screenies in the world, they weren't snapped in the middle of battle. They were snapped after the fight and in the tram where we rebuffed.
The remenants of our raid also ran through goldsire and slaughtered it. :P
So much fun. ^^
No I didn't do my oracle or netherwing dailies...
/sigh

SCREENIE TIME! ^^

A botched screenie mid-fight :P Ah well, you get the point.

Rebuffing after some silliness on the tram. We all acted like children. Saying things like "Artemes! Sapz is touching me!" "Are we there yet?" "He's toouuchhiinngg meeee!!!" etc. It was funny as hell. Then it went dirty. :P 'touching me' went into "Oh you know you like it ;)"
Funnnyyy. Fun too. Lots of people said I was a great leader. My ego just grew three sizes. :D

In front of Exodar, resummoning people who fell behind. I <3 Warlock summons. :)

And my prize! My warbear. ^^ Looks amazing, what it means is more important, I pwned alliance cities and their leaders, and they couldn't do ANYTHING about it.


Thanks for reading...
I'm going to go to bed now.
<3>

It came! It came!

Yes, yes, YES!
The new computer came, and it's shiny and pretty and speedy quick. <33
I love it to death, installed WoW as soon as I could (after firefox of course). That alone took about three hours (with patching, etc).
I turned up some of my video settings to try it out, it lagged a bit so I turned them back down.
I downloaded the Druids of Azeroth pretty druid skins for Mirubea. (She looks Badass now :P)

In-Game...here's what happened, in chronological order, of course.

Hopped on Mirubea:
1. gathered up some quests in STV
2. Grouped with a rogue who asked if I was a "real" girl, of course I told the truth, he started flirting. /sigh
3. Hit 31 with Miru. Rogue logged off, questing was too hard solo so I logged as well.

Hopped onto Artebank:
1. Cleared out my mailbox (uugghh so many expired auctions)
2. Threw junk up on the AH for major cheap prices (wanted to get rid of it!)
3. Bought a walk speed enchant for her boots and disenchanted some crafted greenies for quick cash.

Hopped onto Artemes:
1. Finished up my Netherwing Mine dailies, joined LFG for a few instances
2. Finished Netherwing dailies and the new Revered one. (should take about 4 more days till exalted! :D)
3. Got into a group for Gul'Drak.
4. Waiting for healer....
5. Waiting for healer....
6. Kicked from group, wtf? Whispered the group lead, they told me to ask the Pally who said they kicked me to make room for someone else.
7. I wished them luck and started questing in Icecrown
8. The Priest whispers me and asks if I want to run an instance.
9. I say sure, but ask why they weren't running Gul'Drak
10. Invited back into the group with apologies (haha, no biggie. :P)
11. Proceeded to slaughter Gul'Drak
12. Head to UP next, slaughter that as well
13. Added them to friends, nice people, just a misunderstanding of sorts with the group kick.

Conclusion: PuGs are fun. I made new friends today who I'll likely group again. (The priest did great. :D as did our 77 Pally as the MT in UP)

I got some phat loot as well. :P
Cannibal's Legguards
Also a quest reward...but I haven't gotten it yet as I hearthed and didn't thnk about the quest turn ins in the very beginning of the instance. :P
Gilded Ringmail Hauberk and Helmet of Just Retribution

I was hoping for Trophy Gatherer, but...better luck next time.

I downloaded another game..

To pass the time, It's a brain-teaser/physics game hybrid. A bit difficult, but fun. Quite fun.

It's called World of Goo and it's adorable and funny and obnoxious all at the same time!

My new computer comes tomorrow.
What do I have to look forward to? Likely a whole day (when it comes around 5PM) of installing all those programs I use every day and take for granted.

-World of Warcraft (First since it'll take a LONG time)
- Mozilla Firefox
-Thunderbird (Mozilla e-mail client)
-iTunes
-CCleaner (formerly crapcleaner)
-WoWmatrix
-All my addons /sigh
-Druid skins (ONCE WoW is working properly.)
-Limewire
-Bittorrent

There are likely more, but I can't think of them.
My hand hurts and I'm tired. /yawn
'night,
as always, thanks for reading.

<3 Artemes

Okay, now I have a timeframe.

I contacted the company that I'm getting my new computer from, they said it should arrive sometime this week, meaning, likely Thursday or Friday.
I'm a little miffed it's taking that long, but I won't complain, it's a computer that won't freeze during instances and raids leaving my group hanging out to dry.
That means I can actually heal for instances with Mirubea (druid) and DPS without focusing mainly on weather or not they are fully aware that I may leave any second due to computer trouble.

Crank Dat Druid Boy! (er...girl?)
Mirubea is feral specced right now, however, after some confusion on my part with Druid healing and specs, I headed over to the Druid Forums and asked a very important question.
Can Druids in lower level instances heal effectively without being specced for it?
Happily, many druids answered by saying, Yes. Druids can heal effectively in low levels (up to Northrend according to one poster!) without being specced for it, as long as they have the gear to do it.
That means I need to get some Healing gear together for dear old Mirubea! Oooh! This is going to be fun! I also need to find out what the best craftable (leatherworking) feral gear is, in case I want to DPS for instances and of course, quest solo.

Healing Wish List:
Guardian Pants
Guardian Belt
Guardian Armor or Green Whelp Armor (I'm really torn here!)
Guardian Cloak or Frost Leather Cloak or Battle Healer's Cloak(Hmm...Spell Power VS Intel + Spirit? OR PvP?)
Guardian Leather Bracers

Gloves of the Greatfather (If possible to get the Elemental Earth cheaply)

Feral Wish List:
Dusky Leather Leggings
Dusky Leather Armor or Thick Murloc Armor (For better survivability)
Dusky Bracers
Dusky Belt
Tiger Hunter Gloves (Eeew, quest reward!)


Some Nice Enchantments to get from Dyrim and those "Free with your Mats" people:
Enchant Boots - Agility (Feral)
Enchant Bracer - Greater Strength (Feral)
Enchant Chest - Superior Mana (Resto)
Enchant Cloak - Subtlety (Resto and Feral)
Enchant Bracer - Healing Power (Resto)

Please note, this list is based on the ease of getting these items, I'm not really looking into instance drops for my feral set AT ALL. Seeing as I'll be healing in instances so it's only proper that I roll for healing gear and NOT on feral gear if there's a rogue/hunter/shammy in the group that needs it more. (-hunter/shammy after level 40)
The healing gear is currently based on what I can get around level 30 by crafting it, so the Guardian set (for the most part) is my best bet for leather. And of course I want leather! More survivability ftw.
Once I hit 200 Leatherworking (What, I did already?) I'll specialize with Tribal Leatherworking seeing as it has lots of nice +Spell Power, +Intellect +Spirit gear, all leather. (Blues too!)

Sooooo. This is actually more for ME, so I can see what I need to buy/look for on the AH and what mats to get.
Just to clarify, total mats to craft each 'set' (More for my use. :P)


Healing Set Mats:
Heavy Leather x 48
Bolt of Silk Cloth x 2
Cured Heavy Hide x 6
Iron Belt Buckle x 1
Shadow Oil x 1
Elemental Earth x 6
Elemental Water x 2

Feral Set Mats:
Heavy Leather x 46
Bolt of Silk Cloth x 2
Iron Belt Buckle x 1
Shadow Oil x 1


(These lists don't include things like thread because they can be vendor bought :P)
Yay! Shopping list made! Now I need to look for some good weapons...hmmm.
Advisor's Gnarled Staff ---> for healing
Loksey's Training Stick ----> Feral (With Enchant 2H Weapon - Agility)

This isn't considered twinking, is it? Naw, I'm not going for the best possible stats EVER. Just things that are easy to get (especially since I need two sets!)
Healing Gear is getting a bit more attention since it has no backup from talents. :)

Thanks for reading my nonsense, I should really focus on Artemes more...but...I don't need to gear her! She's almost level 80! (Then I'll need to gear her. xD)

Farming: Winterspring

Intro:
I've heard a lot about the yetis of Winterspring and how amazing they are to farm.
However; I've found another spot in the same area with a higher droprate for Rugged Leather which is worth five times as much as the Thick Leather the yetis drop.
So here we goooo...another farming adventure! Well...not really.



Farming For (average):
Rugged Leather (x2 per kill) 20g per stack
Thick Leather (x2 per kill) 5g per stack
Blue Dragonscale (x1 per kill) 30g per stack
Worn Dragonscale (x1 per kill) 3g per stack
Various Greenies (Disenchant/Sell)
Mob Wealth: 4s - 20s

Notable Drops:
Pattern: Robe of Winter Night
Recipe: Greater Arcane Protection Potion
Schematic: Arcanite Dragonling
Star Ruby or Aquamarine (From Whelps)
Random World Drops

Suggested Level: 63+

Rating: A-
Lots of mobs that are close together, great for AoE grinding (Hunters, bring your Gorilladin!). All mobs are skinnable, so rugged leather and thick leather drop in abundance, this sells well as it's a major part of the leatherworking leveling guide. Some pretty decent random drops. The Pattern IS Bind on Pickup though! So don't expect to sell it at a profit (unless you're a tailor and can craft it). The Schematic and Recipe are not BoP and usually sell very well to people who don't want to grind low level content for them. There are 2-5 Rich Thorium spawns inside the caves, so keep track minerals up! Very little competition as well, since there's no mini-pet drop here.

What to Pack:

• Lots of bagspace, no nearby town (Everlook is quite a bit away) or vendor
• AoE grinding pet preferable to DPS (cat/ravager/etc)
• Mining Pick (Or gnomish army knife :P)
• Health pots and bandages in case you bite off more than you can chew (lower levels)
• Skinning Knife (Duh)
• Hearthstone
  
  

Next Up: Un'Goro Crater

I'm not a patient person

I want to level my druid! I want to do dailies!
/growl
I'm downloading WoW on this laptop...we'll see how it goes.
It's 43% done installing right now. /sigh
Hopefully I'll get some playtime in tonight, also, I'll get to see if it's computer or account oriented (my problems).
OH.
I'll do my Netherwing Dailies, I'm already revered, I should be exalted within the end of the week if I can do all of 'em every day or so.
I'd also like to get the races done, I have two left.
Oracles dailies can likely wait. . . . . .I don't need that helm until 78, and I'm already half way to revered. :) I like oracle dailies.

I'll likely post up my Winterspring map (while waiting for WoW to install) with a little bit of explanation on farming and where to go. I haven't personally checked a few of the areas, but they seem legit and I've heard a lot of good things about them, so up goes my guide.

No luck yet

Computer still isn't working.
I'm in a bad mood, frustrated.
I'm reinstalling WoW.
I can't even play on my druid anymore.


That's all....really.

I'm working on my druid...

No! Don't stop reading!
I know this is a hunter blog, I know that I am a hunter. However; Artemes is having some....problems. Meaning, my computer hates her. It freezes any and every time I login so I'm taking this opportunity to do something I've been putting off.

Leveling my druid.
I like to heal, I SOMEWHAT like to DPS melee style (less buttons to worry about :P). So I'm getting my 30 druid to 40 at least in preparation for duel specs, I likely won't be getting them for Artemes, would be a bit of a waste of 1k gold. But Mirubea could use duel specs, feral/restoration so she could solo and heal instances.

Soooo....Miru is feral right now (just spent her only 15g on respeccing /cry). I tried STV as resto....ooh god. AAH TWO MOBS....CRAP.
/cast nature's grasp
/cast resoration
/cast travel form

RUN AWWAAYYY
So yeah.
Hopefully Feral will be better, I kinda like the rogue-like bit with cat form, stealthing behind your target and backstabbing them. :P
I'm going to reskin it though, god, fing ugly as hell.

Wish me luck leveling! x.x I miss Artemes already....just chillin' in Shadowmoon Valley until my new computer comes...

I lied again. Sorry.

Sorry, no farm guide for Winterspring today, I've got some other things on my mind. Most importantly, I think, at least. Is that I'm finally high enough level to tame the elusive Spirit Beast. I spent the last half hour or so of my night on WoW (auto-logs at 1:30AM) doing Oracle dailies, I finished them off with a few minutes to spare. So I decided to whip up a /target macro for Spirit Beast (Loque'nahak).

No luck so far, but I hadn't done much research, now that I have my epic flyer, and my Cold Weather Training I'll be doing rounds of Scholzar after doing my Oracles dailies every day. Maybe I'll get lucky. I really hope so. I'll be toting around my silly worm Jagermeister while I'm on the hunt, I really don't know which pet to get rid of to replace with this magnificent creature. I'm pretty sure it'll be lil' ol' Jager, I don't really like worms that much, though his skin is frickin' badass. Other than him I have...

Tinder, the Zul'Drak wolf, I love her for her buff in Instaces/Raids if there are no other hunters with wolves...

Mogget the Ghost Sabre who was actually quite easy to get but took a bit of a trek from Ashenvale to northern Darkshore. I love him for his...well, he looks awesome and he has damn good DPS.

Talon, my first raptor reincarnated into a Blades Edge raptor (was an old Durotar skin before). I can't bring myself to drop him even if he's lagging behind at level 72...

Brashen, my Gorilladin, love him to death, he's the rarespawn from Un'Goro, the only gorilla skin that isn't hidious. I spent a whole day waiting for him to spawn. I paid a group of lowbies to sit at his spawn point and wait while I farmed ore and leveled cooking. My hearth set to Tanaris so I could get back quickly. When he finally appeared I about had a heart attack. So worth it, I'll never drop him, ever ever, not even for Spirit Beast.


So I'll be rolling with a junk pet, likely Tinder (easily replaceable) or Jager...or hell, maybe I'll even try out a serpent! :O There are some pretty cool skinned ones in Scholzar, so I can try that. Or a devilsaur...heck, I haven't tried many pets, mostly sticking to the classics. Silithid maybe? Venom web sounds cool. Though it's freakin' creepy.


Anyway. My hunt for Spirit Beast has begun. For the next few days, no leveling.

Things to do:
1. Netherwing Dailies, at least 10 eggs gathered
2. Oracles Dailies (only takes about 20 minutes at the most)
3. Spirit Beast circles arouns Scholzar for an hour or so. If I have extra time.....

Optional:

4. I'd like to run Violet Hold....
5. I'd like to run Gundrak....
6. I'd like to run Halls of Stone...
7. Old-World/Outland Raids plz? They're hella fun :P

On a less disheartening note...
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Really? REALLY Blizz?
I have Lich King. I'm level 77... I don't want another copy, thanks, it's great and all, but I'm not the multiboxing type. :P

So...now you know where I'll be.
G'night. Thanks for reading. <3

Extreme Computer Fail

My computer fails. Not this one, mind you, I'm talking about the one actually capible (somewhat) of playing WoW. The Desktop. Before I get into that, I'll tell you what didn't fail.

Last night I quested quite a bit in Scholzar Basin (once I hit 76 and could pick up the quests) I also met a very friendly shammy (level 79) who was also questing there and we helped eachother out. I got roughly six stacks of leather, so I was a very happy skinner. (ooooh all beast mobs <3) Thank you Blizz!
Anyway, the Shammy and I pwned some Alliance who were attempting to gank us (and fail, even at 80). They eventually backed off and let us quest in peace. I ALMOST hit 77 before I had to leave, I thanked him of course, turned in a few quests and logged.

I finally hit 77 tonight, and I can finally fly around Northrend on my snazzy epic flyer. Is it bad that I laugh everytime I see an 80 on a regular ol' slowpoke flyer? Does that make me a bad person? :P

I'm still working on Netherwing rep as well, that Netherwing Drake will so be worth it. I'm going to be getting the green one for a few reasons,
1) Green happens to be my favorite color
2) I don't see very many green Drakes, blues, however, are very common
3) It's just damn pretty!
4) It's the only color that isn't a variation of blue (even the Onyx one looks blue!)

So yes. In a few days time I should have my Netherwing Drake. I would probably be revered today if it weren't for extensive computer fail.
After hitting 77 and finishing up Scholzar (even the Oracles dailies for the day) I flew over to Dalaran and took the portal to Shattrath intending to do my Netherwing Dailies before logging.
Unfortunately, that's when the computer started to die on me. I was goofing off in Treokkar because, well, I can. I was flying through elite mobs, they'd aggro, I'd fly back up, they'd deaggro. Great fun. However, it made the computer freeze the way it does when it thinks I should be doing real work.
So, I restart and head to do my dailies. I take two steps into the mine and accept "Dragons are the least of our problems!" quest from the miner guy in there and it freezes again. I /sigh and restart + relog.
I start killing those silly ravagers and getting mining carts and keeping an eye out for eggs and one of my guildies inquires about a hunter choice of armor. (+100 armor vs extra agility in gem slots) I advised him to, even though that agility is very nice, survivability is important if you're leveling, so take the ones with more armor and stamina. I then linked the amazing helm that I want from Oracles and he began to /drool and ask how to get it. As I was typing up a reply....
it froze again.
I sighed again and restarted. As soona s I logged back in I began typing an apology in /g for leaving and not answering his questions. Before I can hit 'enter' it freezes again.
Needless to say I'm getting miffed at that point. I take out a pencil and start scribbling away, drawing my future netherwing mount....while waiting for the stupid computer to boot up again.
Okay, back up...I take two steps forward, it freezes again.
And again.
And again.
Until finally, it's frozen eight times in a row without me being able to finish a single daily (besides the gathering and crystals ones) quest for Netherwing rep. On the ninth try I type /cry into /g and begin to QQ about my computer troubles, it freezes again and I leave.
So....my Netherwing rep will take a bit longer than I'd like, I may start farming eggs instead of doing the mine quests (I hate them so much!). It's pretty easy to get 5-9 eggs in an hour or so, since the place is never farmed anyway because everyone's out getting their drakes (which I think are ugly as hell).

Yeah, so in short, my new computer (Dell XPS...250GB HD, 2GB RAM, generally badass /drool) will be coming soon. I'm really excited about not having to delete another game for every patch. (I'm serious. I had to get rid of four games when I got Lich King and Burning Crusade)
That old hunk of junk is going into the bedroom to satisfy the children's need to play silly games like Spore and Zoo Tycoon 2.


Despite the extreme fail of my computer, I'm still excited about having my speedy mount, I also am broke. I have MAYBE 400g between my bank and main, which is pathetic considering all the Saronite and leather I'm getting from Scholzar.


Tomorrow Night:
Begin Spirit Beast patrols /joy.
I hope I can find her quickly....I want people to /bow at my pet as I've done lots and lots to other Spirit Beasts. I'm going to have to think of a good name though, assuming I'm getting her.
With the Spirit Beast Patrols I'll to Oracle Dailies and work towards that helm. Oooh it has lots of crit and lots of AP and even some Stamina and Agility and HELL even some Intellect! I love it to bits! It also looks really cool with a jawbone of like a shark, so I won't need to turn off helm graphics for the first time since 68ish :D Oh the simple pleasures in life!

Okay. Bed now, it's getting late. 3AM to be exact. :P I promise, farming guide tomorrow, I just have to type it up and finish up the maps. XD

Epic Flying! YES!

No farming guide today, y'know why? Because I didn't farm tonight! I attempted a random PuG AQ40 raid, We failed. No cooperation; the master looter was unfair and didn't even distribute half the drops. Oh well. Old world raiding, lol.

Anyway, more importantly...

I finally got enough for epic flying and my epic flying mount! I was going to just get the training and get the netherwing drake. But god, I just couldn't wait! I got the Swift Purple Windrider and god is she beautiful.
I am flying around SMV, sooo excited. The computer froze, I didn't care. I restarted happily because I knew I was on my epic flyer. I can do mining runs in half the time! NO! 1/3 the time! This is so amazing. Now all I need to do is grind Netherwing rep. /sigh.

So....I've decided to do a few things here. Since one of my favorite aspects of the game is the silliness and bragging rights of mounts & companion pets...I've decided to compile a wishlist, mounts and companions that I'm going to work towards getting and in what order I'm going to work towards them.

Mounts:

1. Netherwing Drake (Netherwing Rep)
2. Talbuk (Mag'har Rep)
3. Undead Warhorses (Undercity Rep)
4. Hawkstriders (Silvermoon Rep)
5. Kodos (Thunder Bluff Rep)
6. Brown Bear (Vendor)
7. Blue Windrider (Vendor)
8. Cenarian War Hippogryph (Cenarian Circle Rep)
9. Black War Bear (For the Horde! Achievement)
10. (Eventually) Albino Drake ("Leading the Cavalry" Achievement)

Companion Pets:
1. Tiny Sporebat (Sporegger Rep)
2. Children's Week Pet (Any)
3. Owls (Alliance only Vendors)
4. Cobra Hatchling (Oracles Quest reward)
5. Azure Whelpling (Drop)
6. Crimson Whelpling (Drop)
7. Captured Firefly (Drop)
8. Disgusting Oozling (Drop)
9. Tree Frog (Vendor)
10. Chicken (Vendor)

Now the timeframe for obtaining the companion pets and mounts..hehe I can't be sure. :P May take me quite a while, but I'll get to 'em eventually!

Farming: Azshera

This is a little series I've been meaning to do for quite a while. I enjoy gold as much as the next person, however, I don't buy it, nor do I condone buying it. Work for your gold, it'll mean a lot more that way. So. I'm going to begin showcasing various farming spots around Azeroth and beyond (Outlands). I'll mostly be doing spots that pertain to me. I.e. places that having skinning + mining as well as other good drops.

Today's farming spot....
Azshera!

Farming For (average):

Rugged Leather (x2 per kill) 20g per stack
Thick Leather (x2 per kill) 5g per stack
Blue Dragonscale (x1 per kill) 30g per stack
Worn Dragonscale (x1 per kill) 3g per stack
Various Greenies Disenchant
Azure Whelpling (.1% droprate) 1,000g per
Mob Wealth: 5-13 silver per kill

Rating: B+
The terrain is nice, pretty even, music as well. Soothing to farm here, the dragonkin drop valuable items, being elites, their loot-tables are more varied and include rarer items, also some nice recipes for professions. The mini-pet sells well, especially with the achievement for mini-pets and whelplings in particular. Lower level means it’s good for level 60+ attempting to get enough for their flying mount. The fact that the mobs drop anywhere from 3-15 silver isn’t bad either.

What to Pack:

• Hearthstone (off cooldown preferably)
• Plenty of bagspace, no nearby repairs or vendors (Horde)
• Food/Drink
• Epic Ground Mount
• Fishing Pole + Bait (Mix things up a bit, or waiting for respawn - lake is 205+ Fishing skill to cast)
• Leatherworker’s Sachel or better (bagspace, again)
• DPS Pet - Not really Gorilladin territory
• Minig Pick (Some mining nodes, not enough to keep track minerals up for, though)

Suggested Level Range: 60+

Tomorrow: Winterspring