Ding 37 – How Many Quests Have You Done Today?

I went to see “Swamp Eye” Jarl in Duskwallow Marsh and an orc in Brackenwall Village a few times yesterday. Between them, I think I got 6 quests completed and over 15,000xp. It was very productive. I dinged last night questing against the Darkmist Spiders and Recluses and put another point into Shadow Weaving.

I forgot to post a picture of my questing wonder in Shimmering flats from the night before. I was hunting for wrecked race car parts for Kravel Koalbeard by the race track, hardened turtle shells, and salty scorpid venom. I had just flown in to Tanaris and ran out the pass to head East, counter-clockwise around the track. In the southeast corner of the zone, I was suddenly presented an Elite basilisk, Ironeye the Invinsible. I noticed that he was a level above me, but was thankfully a gray elite. That means good loot, I hoped. I blasted him with Corruption, Pain, Mind Blast, and started wanding him. I had to renew my bubble and Pain, but I killed him in about 45 seconds with 87% health. He dropped a Blade of the Basilisk for me and I was simply delighted at my questing fortune.

Oddly, Gadgetzan and Shimmering Flats are the only places I have been with like (or higher) level Alliance toons that didn’t attack me. A NE hunter and I went after basilisks in the same area for quite a while, and he didn’t even mind that I was skinning his kills.

That leads me to my next story. This morning I was trying to wrap up a Brackenwall quest that I attempted last night. It was Part 2 of the Spies of Theramore quest. I had killed all the Infiltrators around the village and the orc was sending me to the docks of Theramore to look for a sunken footlocker. I headed off to turn in Unpopped Darkmist Eyes to Jarl for his second quest along the way and continued in the same general direction to get me into the water north of Theramore.

Out of nowhere, I get a Curse of Agony on me and I see a red 40 warlock as my target. I thought it was an NPC, so I kept running, but he was staying on as my target and I got cursed again. Dang it! The race was on. I ran into the water…shoot, it just occurred to me what I should have done…anyway, I dove in and decided that I could outlast him underwater. I swam and swam and swam. Eventually I got to the southeast corner of all the docks and had to come up for air. He caught me and pretty much cursed me to death. If you have seen this guy on Burning Legion, KILL HIM ON SIGHT!

I have to be quicker in deciding to fight. I feel that mobs don’t throw enough crap at me to get me any good at PvP. I don’t know how to react or what to throw when. I was quick enough to use my racial to ward off the fears he cast, but I coudn’t decide if I should heal or fight. I could have outlasted him healing myself, I think.

Back to what I should have done. I should have levitated him out into deep water. Right?

I started using the Easy Gold Guide last night and did learn some things about Auctioneer that I didn’t know before and got some excellent mods that I didn’t know about. I spent a boatload in auctions, taking me all the way down to 13g. I was back up over 45g this morning before I bought even more stuff.

Along the way, I got some new gear and looked at my stats.  I’m pretty happy with them. I have pretty much three different sets started, which is going to get expensive. I have a very low 30s Healing set, a current +INT +SPI set, and a current +Shadow set.

I updated Deadr’s profile this morning with all my bags, bank, and money for all to see. I think I may concentrate on WSG for a while, at least after I look for the jeweled necklace from the mud crab guys in Theramore Bay. I want to get to friendly for that piece of gear.