Mainchenn doing quest: A Fine Mess

Unfortunately, I didn't start recording right at the start (I didn't think my Shadowmeld would actually work!) I accepted the quest (which unstealthed me) and was attacked by a nearby Trogg, so I jumped into the corner and shadowmelded, which removed me from combat. The movie starts when I'm shadowmelded in the corner - I change to cat and stealth out until I'm near the exit, then I cast a HOT on myself and run out so I get all the aggro. The quest succeeded when I got near the exit, so even though my shadowmeld didn't work too well, I just ran out.

Mainchenn hits level 25

Lots of deck-grinding... I've even started a Reinisch alt to buy up cards, inks, and pigments from the horde side when cheap ones show up (though I still need a go-between, since I can't buy it from my own alt). I also should have done more Rogue decks before the XP started going down.

To compare with Noor at level 25... back then, Noor had a 50% chance each day to have a battleground daily. Assuming she can do it (which wasn't always true), that's an average of just about 1,000 XP per day, which is 2 Swords Decks.

Two swords decks is 8 cards, each of which requires 2 of the rare milled pigments. Milling 5 herbs gives you about 0.4 rare pigments, on average (according to El's Inscription), so each card takes about 5 millings = 25 herbs x 8 = 200 herbs or 10 stacks per day. This is reduced when I can buy cheap cards that I need (I currently lack Ace of Swords) and when I can buy the ink & pigments. And this doesn't even consider needing to get the RIGHT random cards (though over the long run, it should average out).

Here are the quests Mainchenn did to get from level 20 to level 25:
Learn to Ride in Darnassus
(explored the Barrens down to Camp Taurajo)
Body and Heart (druid) (completed in the Barrens)
(explored Silverpine Forest)
(explored Ghostlands)
Speaking of Fortitude
Brother Paxton
Ink Supplies
Tinkmaster Overspark
Stonegear's Search
Search for Incendicite
The Day After
Gnogaine
Supplies from Darkshire
Ghost Hair Thread
Return the Comb
Deliver the Thread
Look to the Stars p1
Zombie Juice
Look to the Stars p2
Rogues Deck #10-#13 (21)
Murloc Poachers
Rethban Ore
Return to Kristoff
Bathran's Hair
Orendil's Cure
Ziz Fizziks
On Guard in Stonetalon p1
On Guard in Stonetalon p2
Deepmoss Spider Eggs
Sven's Revenge (250 quests)
The Shadowy Figure
The Shadowy Search Continues
Inquire at the Inn
Finding the Shadowy Figure
Return to Sven
One Shot. One Kill.
Elune's Tear
The Ruins of Stardust
Rogues Deck #14 (now 220 XP)
(explored) (22)
The Legend of Stalvan #1-#12
A Watchful Eye
Looking Further
The Third Fleet
In Search of the Excavation Team p1
The Greenwarden
In Search of the Excavation Team p2
Rogues Deck #15 (160 XP)
Report From the Northern Front
Rogues Deck #16 (160 XP)
Swords Deck #1-#3 (500 XP each)
A Helping Hand
Rogues Deck #17
(explored Redridge Mountains)
(explored Bloodmyst Isle) (23)
(explored Duskwood)
Rogues Deck #18-#21 (110 XP each)
The Absent Minded Prospector p2
The Absent Minded Prospector p3
In Search of Thaelrid
The Absent Minded Prospector p4
Therylune's Escape
Knowledge in the Deeps
The Only Cure is More Green Glow
Swords Deck #4-#6
Rogues Deck #22
(explored Stonetalon Mountains)
Swords Deck #7
Rogues Deck #23
(explored The Barrens)
Lonebrow's Journal
Swords Deck #8
Rogues Deck #24-#27
Swords Deck #9
Rogues Deck #28
Blueleaf Tubers (24)
Klockmort's Essentials
Essential Artificials
Brewfest! (0 XP)
This One Time, When I Was Drunk... (0 XP)
Chug and Chuck! (0 XP)
Catch the Wild Wolpertinger! (0 XP)
Now This Is Ram Racing...Almost (0 XP)
There and Back Again (0 XP)
Another Year, Another Souvenir (0 XP)
Bark for the Thunderbrews! (0 XP)
Kayneth Stillwind
The Lost Chalice
Forsaken Diseases
A Shameful Waste
This One Time, When I Was Drunk... (0 XP)
(Brewfest keg running) (0 XP)
Bark for the Barleybrews! (0 XP)
Rogues Deck #29 (54 XP)
Swords Deck #10-#11
(Brewfest keg running) (0 XP)
This One Time, When I Was Drunk... (0 XP)
Bark for the Barleybrews! (0 XP)
Swords Deck #12-#13
(Brewfest keg running) (0 XP)
This One Time, When I Was Drunk... (0 XP)
Bark for the Barleybrews! (0 XP)
Swords Deck #14-#17
This One Time, When I Was Drunk... (0 XP)
(Brewfest keg running) (0 XP)
Bark for the Barleybrews! (0 XP)
Swords Deck #18-#20
This One Time, When I Was Drunk... (0 XP)
Bark for the Barleybrews! (0 XP)
(Brewfest keg running) (0 XP)
Swords Deck #21-#23
This One Time, When I Was Drunk... (0 XP)
(Brewfest keg running) (0 XP)
Bark for the Thunderbrews! (0 XP)
Brew of the Month Club (0 XP)
Swords Deck #24-#27
Bark for the Thunderbrews! (0 XP)
(Brewfest keg running) (0 XP)
This One Time, When I Was Drunk... (0 XP)
Swords Deck #28-#33 (25)

Rant: Magic Dust is dead

Magic Dust, that greatest of secret weapons, was destroyed by patch 3.2

It still has the same tooltip, but does nothing except say "fizzled."

See wowhead.com for more details.

RETRACTION: Magic Dust isn't quite dead, it just always fizzles if the target is higher than your own level (at least for PvE). It appears to fizzle at higher levels, too.

Mainchenn doing quest: Blueleaf Tubers

This only shows one of six tubers needed for the quest, and it took me a long time to do, since I would hit the re-enter instance limit after only getting 1 or 2 tubers, and I'd have to get another "box with holes" in Ratchet.

I also didn't figure out exactly what I had to avoid right away -- if the snufflenose gopher gets hit while looking for a blueleaf tuber, he will go through the motions, but no tuber will appear (and that tuber location gets "used up"). So in order to get a tuber, I had to get aggro before the gopher, and if the nearest tuber was far off, another pig would attack the gopher anyway. I had to be lucky and have the gopher find a tuber close enough to avoid combat with a second mob.

Mainchenn doing quest: The Only Cure is More Green Glow

Needs more COWBELL!

Mainchenn doing quest: In Search of Thaelrid

And this is just a regular stealth run:

Mainchenn doing quest: The Absent Minded Prospector

Sped up since it took over 20 minutes...just a big heal-a-thon.