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Vacationing in Winterspring this year

January 11, 2007 By Gitr Leave a Comment

I remember this stage of my development with Gitr vividly. Ice Thistle Yetis, running around the lake, avoiding the spirits, hunting bears and cats, and then doing suicide run after suicide run in the cave with the dragonspawn to get teleported to the top of the mountain. It was February 9th, 2006, almost 1 year ago.

Now, The Burning Crusade is coming out, and Deadr is nearly halfway to 54, and getting his Devout Gloves to get a +200 Armor bonus. I would already have the Devout Belt, but no one has posted it in the AH yet.

I got ganked while hunting the Shamans and Ursas. I had just finished killing a level 57 Ursa, had about 240 mana, and got a bright flash of light coming out of my head toward the heavens, and I dropped dead. I saw a Moonkinned level 60 stand there for a few seconds and run off. Thanks, buddy.

I finished the 10 Thick Yeti Hides, and killed about 10 Ice Thistle Matriarchs and Patriarchs in the cave before I decided that I should go to work and get paid instead of playing a game. No one had dropped a Pristine Yeti Horn yet. I saw that the drop rate was around 2%…this will get some XP to finish the quest. It might be a better use of my time for XP’s sake to move on.

Ice Thistle Yetis, Ursius, and Winterfall Ursas

January 10, 2007 By Gitr 2 Comments

I flew into Winterspring this morning because the Winterfall quest mobs are East of Everlook. I picked up the quest to kill Ursius, which, if he is level 56, I should be able to solo him with no problem. I read that he has 12K HP, but I can blast through that as long as he doesn’t resist everything.

I killed about 6 Yetis and got 2 Thick Yeti Furs . I have all 8 Den Watchers that I need, but I’m having to pick my way through to get to Shamans and Ursas that are low enough and far enough away from patrols. I can kill the 57 Ursas, and I’m not sure I want to try to kill a 58 with how many resists I get from the 57s.

I logged off with 10% of the level done already. Brighthouse is coming over between 11 and 2 today to install out HD-DVR, so I’ll play until he comes.

Ding 53…racking up the quests, bags are full

January 9, 2007 By Gitr 2 Comments

I am constantly comparing what dropped to what is in my bags. I think there are a few things in the bags that were for quests that stayed in there when I turned them in. I need to research those.

I went to Felwood and turned in a quest and got salve for corrupted flowers. I met a 56 mage hunting the felpaw village residents by Timbermaw hold. We completed that quest and I ran to Winterspring again and got a quest to kill those guys for more rep and XP. After a while, a vial dropped, which I handed to the dwarf by the hot springs.

I still have more of them to kill for the guy on the other side of Timbermaw hold, but I’ll get some rest built up first. I’m halfway to Neutral.

I bought a Dreadmist Belt, and a Ring of Bitter Shadows which totally rock!

Deadr’s New Gear/Loot

January 9, 2007 By Gitr 2 Comments

It has been quite a week of loot dropping and quest rewards, so aside from the ones that I have already Vendor Trashed, here are my conquests:

Rod of Corrosion
Wizard’s Hand of Intellect
Arachnidian Pauldrons of the Owl
Rotgrip Mantle
Serpentskin Spaulders
Gaea’s Raiment of Shadow Wrath
Vestments of the Atal’ai Prophet
Devout Bracers
Rainstrider Leggings
Archaeologist’s Quarry Boots
Blessed Prayer Beads
Chained Essence of Eranikus

Devout Set, or Not Devout Set; That Is My Question

January 9, 2007 By Gitr 4 Comments

I bought the Devout Bracers when I dinged 52 for about 10g. I couldn’t remember at the time which was Priest and which was Mage, so I also bought the Magister’s Bindings since they were on the cheap. I sold the Magister’s Bindings yesterday for 35g, a nice 12g profit.

Back to my point, I should be hitting 55-56 before the expansion comes out. With an experienced MC/BWL/Naxx guild, should I even bother running UBRS after UBRS after Scholo for my Devout set, only to eventually get full tier 3, 4, or 5 gear? Would Truefaith Vestments, and other craftable or buyable gear keep me too weak to be usefull in a raid of that intensity level?

Don’t get me wrong, I will still be running those instances because they are fun, but they are a pain, when you have to run them over and over, knowing they are your only hope for a set piece to drop.

With Gitr, I had only gone into MC as far as Garr, and I never did get a chance to take down Ony, so the high-end raiding is completely foreign to me, as far as how gear affects your ability to contribute.

What happened to Deadr yesterday

January 9, 2007 By Gitr Leave a Comment

Yesterday was quite a day for life, the universe, and everything. I stayed home sick from work with 2 main tasks for the day: demand an appointment with my Ear, Nose, and Throat specialist about my cold and to finally order some nasal spray that he prescribed that my health insurance doesn’t cover. The stuff must be $10,000/gallon for how much my bottle cost. Aside from that, I was going to play WoW and try to clear my stuffy head before the football game.

I started out in Felwood and got someone to join my queue for BRD while I was still in-flight. I started grinding the elementals to the north, up in the cave, and got up to 13% before I hearthed and took the zep to Grom’gol. I flew into Thorium Point with no problem, but they advised me that the horde should not fly there. Most horde, I was told, ride from Kargath around the South side of the quarry.

We had a pretty good group and took down names for our lists, and took down Inscendius, the bosses at the Bar, General Angerforge, and Golem Lord Argelmach. We wiped when we accidently clicked a prisoner that caused about 8 elites to storm the cell when we weren’t expecting it. I don’t think it was the guy for a jailbreak, but maybe it was. I was too sick to care.

After BRD, I asked Rhone to help me with the mountain in Un’Goro for It’s Dangerous to Go it Alone and to collect volcanic ash and to escort Ringo back to base. First off, the ash was the easiest. I had all 9 before we finally found Ringo or the path to get up to the top to fight the elite. That was an amazing fight! After 2 minutes, he knocked me back into the lava and killed me. I ran back to my body just in time to heal Rhone, who had him down to 25% by then. He was cussing up a storm, I’m sure…because I didn’t remember that I had a little thing that is supposed to make the fight easy. He said his DoTs were hitting for 23 damage!! On top of that, I didn’t touch the Heart of the Mountain! We have to do it again. YAY!

When I got back from my appointment, I went to Swamp of Sorrows and started the Fallen from Grace questline, but my computer kept locking up. I went into Searing Gorge and Blasted Lands. I got 2 Snickerfang Jowls and a Pincer so far. No one was bothering me, so I think this is where I’ll grind/quest to hit 53.