On Friday, I had no BG quest, and with 3 BGs to go to 40, I decided to explore Azshara and Felwood to get to 40. I'll get a mount, mine a ton, and get ready for blacksmithing...
Here are the quests Noor did to get from level 35 to 40:
Master of the WIld Leather
Triage (but I missed Alliance Trauma)
A Sign of Hope #1
Coolant Heads Prevail
Gyro...What?
Land Ho!
A Sign of Hope #2
Mirages
Solution to Doom
To Ironforge for Yagyin's Quest
The Lost Dwarves
Liquid Stone
I Got Nothin' Left
I Know a Guy...
Clamette Surprise
Nat Pagle, Angler Extreme
The Zeppelin Crash
Securing the Cargo (36)
Delivery for Drazzit
Deep Sea Salvage
The Lunar Festival
Lunar Fireworks
Valadar Starsong
Sunken Treasure #1-#5
Death From Below
Cortello's Riddle #1-#3
(explore a bit more of Hinterlands) (37)
Mazen's Behest
Tabetha's Farm
Catch a Dragon by the Tail
Stinky's Escape
Feast at the Blue Recluse
WSG (1 win) 3700 XP
The Bloodsail Buccaneers #1-#3
WSG (1 win) 3700 XP
AB (4 losses)
AB (1 win) 3700 XP
Dearest Colara
Dangerous Love
Aristan's Hunch
Morgan's Discovery
Tracing the Source #1-#2
The Source Revealed
A Bubbling Cauldron
WSG (2 losses, 1 win) 3700 XP
WSG (3 losses, 1 win) 3700 XP
AB (1 loss, 1 win) 3700 XP
WSG (4 losses, 1 win) 3700 XP
WSG (1 loss, 1 win) 3700 XP
(forgot and sapped an orc with my dagger, dagger skill is now 2)
AB (4 losses, 1 win) 3700 XP
AB (1 loss, 1 win) 3700 XP (38)
Lost Supplies (0 XP since I've done it before)
Pool of Tears
In Search of the Temple
To The Hinterlands
Gryphon Master Talonaxe
Rhapsody Shindigger
Help for Mudsprocket
Gadgetzan Water Survey
AB (1 win) 3900 XP
WSG (1 win) 3900 XP
WSG (1 loss, 1 win) 3900 XP
(350 mining)
AB (2 losses, 1 win) 3900 XP
(got Last Month's Mutton, use with Old Ironjaw offhand)
WSG (5 losses)
WSG (7 losses)
WSG (1 win) 3900 XP
WSG (2 losses, 1 win) 3900 XP
AB (4 losses, 1 win) 3900 XP
WSG (1 win) 3900 XP
AB (1 win) 3900 XP (39)
Gizelton Caravan
(explored rest of Feralas, STV, Hinterlands)
WSG (1 win) 4150 XP
Arena Master
Missing in Action (grey quest, only 10% XP)
AB (1 win) 4150 XP
(hit 375 mining)
WSG (1 win) 4150 XP
WSG (1 win) 4150 XP (was down 0-2; blew two pairs of rocket boots, but we won)
AB (1 win) 4150 XP (my lvl 63 gnomish battle chicken solo killed a lvl 34 paladin - I can't turn it off...)
Arena Grandmaster (trinket, no XP)
AB (4 losses, 1 win) 4150 XP
WSG (2 losses, 1 win) 4150 XP
AB (1 loss, 1 win) 4150 XP
(hit 375 cooking)
WSG (3 losses, 1 win) 4150 XP
WSG (3 losses, 1 win) 4150 XP
(explored Azshara and some of Felwood) (40)
Friday, April 11, 2008
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
I'll save on ammo, at least
Learned bows and picked up the Longrunner's Bow using WSG marks, since it has +6 stamina and +3 agility. No arrows, though.
My priest got one of Sayge's quest fortunes, but it appears they no longer give you XP, just Faire rep and a box of various items...
Just 4 more battlegrounds to level 40 now...
My priest got one of Sayge's quest fortunes, but it appears they no longer give you XP, just Faire rep and a box of various items...
Just 4 more battlegrounds to level 40 now...
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Reinisch hits 18
Funny story - Thalemar, a priest that Noor knows on the Maiev realm (and managed to grind out the schematic for the Arcanite Dragonling, which nobody seemed to know on that low population server), was transferring to another realm with some friends of his. Turns out he's going to The Venture Co. realm, which is where Reinisch is! So I finally decided to get a portal to Shattrath and set Reinisch's hearth there, so he can run into Thalemar sometime.
In portalling back to Thunder Bluff, I found a quest I had overlooked - Serpentbloom. That also lead to two other quests, the Report to Splintertree Post quest and the followup scout reports in Ashenvale and the The Essence of Aku'Mai quest in Blackfathom Deeps. I tried collecting the essences a couple of times using target dummies, but the sirens with their ranged frostbolts would go after me instead of the dummy. I had decided to skip the quest for now on my second corpse run back, but then I noticed all the mobs were dead. I gathered up some essences and saw that a ?? NE hunter had cleared a lot of the area, so I was able to finish this quest after all.
In portalling back to Thunder Bluff, I found a quest I had overlooked - Serpentbloom. That also lead to two other quests, the Report to Splintertree Post quest and the followup scout reports in Ashenvale and the The Essence of Aku'Mai quest in Blackfathom Deeps. I tried collecting the essences a couple of times using target dummies, but the sirens with their ranged frostbolts would go after me instead of the dummy. I had decided to skip the quest for now on my second corpse run back, but then I noticed all the mobs were dead. I gathered up some essences and saw that a ?? NE hunter had cleared a lot of the area, so I was able to finish this quest after all.
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Noor doing quest: Missing in Action
I managed to do this quest long after it had turned grey. I don't know if I could have pulled it off when it was green and would get me more XP, since I have to do a lot of body pulls, plus I have to stand there and get pounded at times.
Friday, March 14, 2008
My fortune awaits!
After even more re-reading of quests on Wowhead.com, I've found that Sayge, the Darkmoon Faire fortune teller, sometimes gives you a fortune that gives you 650 XP, and you can get a fortune every two hours as long as the Faire is running. Looks like there's about a 1 out of 9 chance to get a quest that results in XP, although wowwiki says you get 0 XP, so I'll have to see...
Assuming I get 650 XP every time I'm lucky enough to get an XP fortune (i.e. that the quest is repeatable XP), let's say I can check 6 times on weekdays and 10 times on weekends, that's 50 attempts, which would be about 5 or 6 x 650, or 3250-3900 XP, a bit less than a BG daily at level 39. Not great, but not bad.
Update: I don't seem to get a fortune scroll (just the buff) until I'm friendly with Darkmoon Faire (I think), and according to scaryleon in the comments, the XP fortunes aren't repeatable. so it may only be 4 x 650 XP max. I'll see what happens...
Update 2: It doesn't look like I can get friendly with the Darkmoon Faire until I hit 40 and I can do the highest-end turn-ins for reputation. I'm 350 short of being friendly and I can no longer turn in mechanical repair kits, and all the other quest givers have gray "!" now. I could get to friendly if I can buy and turn in a Darkmoon Deck...
PS: The Arena Master & Grandmaster trinkets from the STV arena are another possibility, but again, I don't know if the XP for the Master trinkets is repeatable...
PS 2: Ok, I got my first Arena Master trinket, and got XP for the quest, but I can't do the quest again. Still, the Arena Grandmaster trinket is well worth trying for. I only had a rogue 2 levels below me to fight for the chest. Plus, it looks like you have to wait far more than 2 hours to get another fortune told now, so the Faire won't be a source of major XP even if the fortune quests are repeatable.
Final PS: OK, even though I'm not yet friendly with the Darkmoon Faire, this time I got a fortune in addition to the buff, so either it's random or my reputation is now high enough to get it. Hopefully, I can get some XP this weekend.
Assuming I get 650 XP every time I'm lucky enough to get an XP fortune (i.e. that the quest is repeatable XP), let's say I can check 6 times on weekdays and 10 times on weekends, that's 50 attempts, which would be about 5 or 6 x 650, or 3250-3900 XP, a bit less than a BG daily at level 39. Not great, but not bad.
Update: I don't seem to get a fortune scroll (just the buff) until I'm friendly with Darkmoon Faire (I think), and according to scaryleon in the comments, the XP fortunes aren't repeatable. so it may only be 4 x 650 XP max. I'll see what happens...
Update 2: It doesn't look like I can get friendly with the Darkmoon Faire until I hit 40 and I can do the highest-end turn-ins for reputation. I'm 350 short of being friendly and I can no longer turn in mechanical repair kits, and all the other quest givers have gray "!" now. I could get to friendly if I can buy and turn in a Darkmoon Deck...
PS: The Arena Master & Grandmaster trinkets from the STV arena are another possibility, but again, I don't know if the XP for the Master trinkets is repeatable...
PS 2: Ok, I got my first Arena Master trinket, and got XP for the quest, but I can't do the quest again. Still, the Arena Grandmaster trinket is well worth trying for. I only had a rogue 2 levels below me to fight for the chest. Plus, it looks like you have to wait far more than 2 hours to get another fortune told now, so the Faire won't be a source of major XP even if the fortune quests are repeatable.
Final PS: OK, even though I'm not yet friendly with the Darkmoon Faire, this time I got a fortune in addition to the buff, so either it's random or my reputation is now high enough to get it. Hopefully, I can get some XP this weekend.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Future levels
I just hit level 39 (needed 9 battlegrounds), and to get to 40, I'll need to do 13 battlegrounds. I've planned out more future levels in terms of abilities and XP:
Pre-level 40: mine a lot (current mining is 361)
Level 40: Drop mining, take alchemy for a short time just to do Elixirs for the Bladeleafs quest (only need level 20 alchemy), drop alchemy, take Blacksmithing up to 200 and do the Blacksmithing quests available at 40 (over 50k XP!) I might keep Blacksmithing for a while so I can use the Glimmering Mithril Insignia. I can make good money fishing now, since I have all the STV contest equipment except the arcanite fishing pole.
Level 41: Switch Last Month's Mutton for Mug O' Hurt (with Icy Chill enchant and Crippling Poison).
Level 45: Get fishing book, get fishing up to 375.
Level 47-49: I might try to do all battlegrounds to do these levels, assuming I get two Freezing Bands (I have one now). Along with my Green Whelp Armor, anyone meleeing me has a better than 1 in 15 chance to either sleep or freeze. When I go into the 50-59 brackets, my whelp armor will no longer sleep opponents.
Level 50: Rocket Boots Xtreme! Get my engineering to 390. Do the quest in BRD to smelt dark iron, mostly for XP since I have a friend who can smelt it. Drop mining and take Tailoring to 300 so I can use Netherweave Nets in battlegrounds.
Level 55: From here on, it's remotely possible I'll be able to augment a lot of XP with....fishing! I can catch any number of Strange Engine Parts from Steam Pump Flotsam pools in Zangarmarsh. It's not a common catch, and I don't know how easy it will be for me to fish there at level 55, but once I can fish in peace, I can fish my way to 70 if I have to.
Pre-level 40: mine a lot (current mining is 361)
Level 40: Drop mining, take alchemy for a short time just to do Elixirs for the Bladeleafs quest (only need level 20 alchemy), drop alchemy, take Blacksmithing up to 200 and do the Blacksmithing quests available at 40 (over 50k XP!) I might keep Blacksmithing for a while so I can use the Glimmering Mithril Insignia. I can make good money fishing now, since I have all the STV contest equipment except the arcanite fishing pole.
Level 41: Switch Last Month's Mutton for Mug O' Hurt (with Icy Chill enchant and Crippling Poison).
Level 45: Get fishing book, get fishing up to 375.
Level 47-49: I might try to do all battlegrounds to do these levels, assuming I get two Freezing Bands (I have one now). Along with my Green Whelp Armor, anyone meleeing me has a better than 1 in 15 chance to either sleep or freeze. When I go into the 50-59 brackets, my whelp armor will no longer sleep opponents.
Level 50: Rocket Boots Xtreme! Get my engineering to 390. Do the quest in BRD to smelt dark iron, mostly for XP since I have a friend who can smelt it. Drop mining and take Tailoring to 300 so I can use Netherweave Nets in battlegrounds.
Level 55: From here on, it's remotely possible I'll be able to augment a lot of XP with....fishing! I can catch any number of Strange Engine Parts from Steam Pump Flotsam pools in Zangarmarsh. It's not a common catch, and I don't know how easy it will be for me to fish there at level 55, but once I can fish in peace, I can fish my way to 70 if I have to.
Noor doing the quest: Gizelton Caravan
Only used Blind, Advanced Target Dummy, and kept the caravan bandaged. Also notice that in two of the three encounters, one demon wasn't engaged at first and just despawned after a short while.
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