Monday, September 30, 2013

On to Outland

Hi,

Alliance (Brits United):

Flayingbrit (90) - Human/Priest (Herbalism/Alchemy) - iLvL 492
Draenybrit (86) - Draenei/Shaman (Mining/Blacksmithing)
Gnomeybrit (90) - Gnome/Priest (Tailoring/Enchanting) - iLvl 449
Blizzybrit (90) - Draenei/Mage (Mining/Jewelcrafting) - iLvL 446
Flictionbrit (81) - Gnome/Warlock (Mining/Engineering)
Boomybrit (85) - Night Elf/Druid (Herbalism/Inscription)
Fengsuibrit (60) - Panderan/Hunter (Skinning/Leatherworking)
Unstablebrit (60) - Human/Warlock (Mining/Skinning)
Elfybrit (60) - Night Elf/Priest (Herbalism/Mining)
Shadybrit (60) - Draenei/Priest (Herbalism/Mining)

Horde (Britannia):

Priestybrit (36) - Undead/Priest (Tailoring/Enchanting)
Gobbybrit (24) - Goblin/Warlock (Herbalism/Alchemy)
Cuteybrit (23) - Blood Elf/Priest (Mining/Blacksmithing)
Herbybrit (24) - Tauren/Druid (Herbalim/Inscription)
Shammybrit (22) - Troll/Shaman (Mining/Engineering)
Beastybrit (23) - Blood Elf/Hunter (Skinning/Leatherworking)
Fuzzybrit (23) - Panderan/Mage (Mining/Jewelcrafting)
Powerbrit (22) - Panderan/Priest (Mining/Skinning)

So, it's off to Outland for all the toons that haven't got their yet. Totally finished on the Alliance side with all things Kalimdor and Eastern Kingdoms. Now to empty my guild bank of all old world items and vendor all the best things to make with them. I have about a tab and a half of stuff.

I've been playing Flaying, Gnomey, and Blizzy quite a bit. Flaying got exalted with Shieldwall and got the Great Gryphon mount. Really nice. I use it for all my toons now. Flaying also got to 10K and got the 7th Guild bank slot. I looked at what it takes to get the 8th, and it's only unlocked with 'Stay Classy' guild achievement, which is totally out of reach :) Flaying has been doing LFR, and capping Valor and all sorts of stuff and got up to 492 iLvL. She's done with Timeless Isle though. Not much point going there solo. Groups are what TI is all about. Soon, I will have the 553 belt, because Gnomey has 11 Celestial Cloth and only needs 10 more now.

So, my toons are taking the 'Farm JPs for 489/496, get into LFR, get lots of valor from dailies/dungeons/scenarios for 522 gear' route, rather than the 'go to TI and get all your gear there' route.

Something else I decided to do. Because everyone else is in TI now, it's pretty deserted in the rest of Pandaria, so I decided to level Draeny and Boomy. Having fun in Jade Forest right now. Fliction is making some progress through Mount Hyjal, and all the others are about to hit Outland. Fengsui just needed to farm Rugged for about half an hour to get to 295, and I'll use the DMF for 300 next weekend.

The guild is coming along nicely, 22 and 62%. Achievements have moved up to 3230, with the last two being Heroic Scarlet Monastery and Scarlet Monastery (Flaying I think).

I didn't play the Horde toons at all again this week. I think I'll only get back to them when I get the Alliance guild to 25, other then have them go through DMF.

So, the plan for next week is to continue gearing up my level 90s, and continue leveling Draeny, Boomy, Fliction, and the rest.

Cheers.

Monday, September 23, 2013

Some End Game stuff

Hi,

Flayingbrit (90) - Human/Priest (Herbalism/Alchemy) - iLvL 480
Draenybrit (85) - Draenei/Shaman (Mining/Blacksmithing)
Gnomeybrit (90) - Gnome/Priest (Tailoring/Enchanting) - iLvl 438
Blizzybrit (90) - Draenei/Mage (Mining/Jewelcrafting) - iLvL 444
Flictionbrit (80) - Gnome/Warlock (Mining/Engineering)
Boomybrit (85) - Night Elf/Druid (Herbalism/Inscription)
Fengsuibrit (60) - Panderan/Hunter (Skinning/Leatherworking)
Unstablebrit (59) - Human/Warlock (Mining/Skinning)
Elfybrit (56) - Night Elf/Priest (Herbalism/Mining)
Shadybrit (54) - Draenei/Priest (Herbalism/Mining)

Horde (Britannia):

Priestybrit (36) - Undead/Priest (Tailoring/Enchanting)
Gobbybrit (24) - Goblin/Warlock (Herbalism/Alchemy)
Cuteybrit (23) - Blood Elf/Priest (Mining/Blacksmithing)
Herbybrit (24) - Tauren/Druid (Herbalim/Inscription)
Shammybrit (22) - Troll/Shaman (Mining/Engineering)
Beastybrit (23) - Blood Elf/Hunter (Skinning/Leatherworking)
Fuzzybrit (23) - Panderan/Mage (Mining/Jewelcrafting)
Powerbrit (22) - Panderan/Priest (Mining/Skinning)

So, it was quite a week. I started doing some dailies on Flaying and Gnomey, and laying off leveling the lower level toons for a while. Tillers, Anglers, and Shieldwall. All good stuff.

But then, I decided to try out a bit of high level stuff on Flaying and see what 5.4 is all about. So, I went to Timeless Isle. Not bad, but my repair bill was excessive, and I wasn't getting much guild rep at all. But at least I found some Elites that I could kill (wildlife) for the quests, and found a couple of chests. But then, a guy invited me to a group, and we got a healer too, so we went around killing tons of stuff with ease. It got me a couple more chests, and quest completions, and I'm now sitting on 6K Timeless coins. I got about 6 496 pieces. 2 for Flaying. I passed helms to Gnomey and Blizzy, and had a piece each for Boomy and Draeny.

But here's the thing. The guy actually friended me, and I could go back and do tons more stuff and get tons more gear. But, it's just not for me. I really like playing solo, and the Isle really isn't for playing solo. So, I de-friended him, and am not planning to go back there.

So, what else. I decided to get LFR a try. Cleared both wings of Mogu'shan Vaults just fine. Was also doing fine in the first wing of Heart of Fear, but we wiped on Garalon, and while we were running back, someone had already started it again, so I quit out. Wasn't good for my shoulder anyway, because I was having to use my left hand.

Anyway, now I have some Epic gear, I will just work on dailies for Valor and upgrades and run a scenario or two for JPs.

In other news, I got Fliction to 80 and Fengsui to 60. Fliction has started Cata, and Engineering is coming along fine. For Fengsui, I did need to go back and grind out 48 Thick Leather, but that was fine and only took about 30 mins. I have tons of Rugged Leather for the next stage, but haven't seen if it's enough yet. Unstable is still in Blasted Lands, so will get a bit more before 60.

Great progress on the Alliance Guild this week. It's now level 22 and 9%. Achievements are now at 3060, with the last two being Rally the Valley (finished up VFW on Flaying) and The Vault of Mysteries.

The plan for next week is to keep doing dailies on Flaying and Gnomey (Blizzy is too hard to play with one hand), and keep leveling the other toons, especially Fliction and Fengsui.

Cheers.

Monday, September 16, 2013

Click to Move - It works!

Hi,

Flayingbrit (90) - Human/Priest (Herbalism/Alchemy) - iLvL 473
Draenybrit (85) - Draenei/Shaman (Mining/Blacksmithing)
Gnomeybrit (90) - Gnome/Priest (Tailoring/Enchanting) - iLvl 429
Blizzybrit (90) - Draenei/Mage (Mining/Jewelcrafting) - iLvL 437
Flictionbrit (74) - Gnome/Warlock (Mining/Engineering)
Boomybrit (85) - Night Elf/Druid (Herbalism/Inscription)
Fengsuibrit (59) - Panderan/Hunter (Skinning/Leatherworking)
Unstablebrit (58) - Human/Warlock (Mining/Skinning)
Elfybrit (55) - Night Elf/Priest (Herbalism/Mining)
Shadybrit (54) - Draenei/Priest (Herbalism/Mining)

Horde (Britannia):

Priestybrit (36) - Undead/Priest (Tailoring/Enchanting)
Gobbybrit (24) - Goblin/Warlock (Herbalism/Alchemy)
Cuteybrit (23) - Blood Elf/Priest (Mining/Blacksmithing)
Herbybrit (24) - Tauren/Druid (Herbalim/Inscription)
Shammybrit (22) - Troll/Shaman (Mining/Engineering)
Beastybrit (23) - Blood Elf/Hunter (Skinning/Leatherworking)
Fuzzybrit (23) - Panderan/Mage (Mining/Jewelcrafting)
Powerbrit (22) - Panderan/Priest (Mining/Skinning)

Well then. I asked on the WoW forums about Click to Move. By using Click to Move and clicking on abilities, I would be able to play one-handed. Well, it works. Flying is not a problem either. Just click the direction you want to go, and click again to stop flying. However, it does seem a little clunky, and I don't trust doing dungeons with it, so I only played Fengsui, Elfy, and Shady a bit, questing.

Elfy and Shady have both finished Winterspring, and now are questing in Swamp of Sorrows. Fengsui and Elfy are finished with Swamp of Sorrows and Fengsui has started in Blasted Lands. I've found that some of the mobs do actually skin for Thick Leather, so I'm going to hold off farming it until Unstable has been through there too.

I've also been doing the Fishing and Cooking dailies on Flaying, Gnomey, and Blizzy. These are fine with Click to Move.

The Alliance guild is now 21 and 61%. The Horde guild is level 4 and 61%. Achievements have bumped up to 2970 (with Flaying getting Proving Yourself: Bronze Damage).

BTW: Didn't really like Proving Grounds. It seems stupid for DPS not to have Tanks and Healers there, and doesn't seem to prove anything. I just gave up on Silver because it wasn't giving any rewards and contributing any guild xp.

The goal for next week is to keep leveling Fengsui, Unstable, Elfy, and Shady to 60. Then, I have no idea what I'm going to do. I may have to play Horde, or maybe even try to do dungeons with Click to Move.

Cheers.

Monday, September 9, 2013

Taking a break

Hi,

Flayingbrit (90) - Human/Priest (Herbalism/Alchemy) - iLvL 473
Draenybrit (85) - Draenei/Shaman (Mining/Blacksmithing)
Gnomeybrit (90) - Gnome/Priest (Tailoring/Enchanting) - iLvl 429
Blizzybrit (90) - Draenei/Mage (Mining/Jewelcrafting) - iLvL 437
Flictionbrit (74) - Gnome/Warlock (Mining/Engineering)
Boomybrit (85) - Night Elf/Druid (Herbalism/Inscription)
Fengsuibrit (57) - Panderan/Hunter (Skinning/Leatherworking)
Unstablebrit (58) - Human/Warlock (Mining/Skinning)
Elfybrit (51) - Night Elf/Priest (Herbalism/Mining)
Shadybrit (49) - Draenei/Priest (Herbalism/Mining)

Horde (Britannia):

Priestybrit (36) - Undead/Priest (Tailoring/Enchanting)
Gobbybrit (24) - Goblin/Warlock (Herbalism/Alchemy)
Cuteybrit (23) - Blood Elf/Priest (Mining/Blacksmithing)
Herbybrit (24) - Tauren/Druid (Herbalim/Inscription)
Shammybrit (22) - Troll/Shaman (Mining/Engineering)
Beastybrit (23) - Blood Elf/Hunter (Skinning/Leatherworking)
Fuzzybrit (23) - Panderan/Mage (Mining/Jewelcrafting)

and a new member

Powerbrit (22) - Panderan/Priest (Mining/Skinning)

I created Powerbrit because having two skinners for LW in the Alliance guild is working out well, and I decided to do the same on the Horde side. So, I rushed Power to get all profs to 75 and get to the DMF just before it ended on Saturday.

The rest of my time was spent on the Alliance side. Fliction is now well into Northrend, questing now in Grizzly Hills and has quite a bit of Honor from the dailies there already. Fengsui and Unstable have completed Winterspring and Swamp of Sorrows, and are now both ready for Blasted Lands. I'm about 40 or so Thick Leathers short and with Blasted Lands only giving Rugged, I'm going to need to farm those.

Other than that, I've started Elfy in Winterspring and was planning on taking Shady there soon too. Also, I got Boomy's Inscription to 600 using herbs that Flaying had gathered.

So, taking a break? Yep, I'm afraid so. I still have my Shoulder issue, and playing WoW just seems to be holding up the healing process. So, I'm going to give it a break and just play Civ V (which can just be played with my right hand). I don't know how long I'll be off. Who knows, I might be back before next Monday, and you may not even notice :)

The Alliance guild is now 21 and 42%. The Horde guild is level 4 and 46%. Achievements have bumped up to 2960 (with Flaying getting Exploring Kun-Lai).

No plans for next week.

Oh, one other thing. With my friend taking a break from WoW and playing a bit of LOTRO, I decided to try it out. After a massive downloading process, I did get to play a bit.

Legobrit (9) - Elf/Hunter (Farmer/Forester/Woodworker)

It is very similar to WoW, but I really don't think it's for me. There are quite a few annoyances about it, particular as it crashed twice while playing yesterday. I'll just have to see if I decide to play any more, after my Shoulder is better.


Cheers.

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

A Tuesday Update :)

Hi,

Flayingbrit (90) - Human/Priest (Herbalism/Alchemy) - iLvL 473
Draenybrit (85) - Draenei/Shaman (Mining/Blacksmithing)
Gnomeybrit (90) - Gnome/Priest (Tailoring/Enchanting) - iLvl 429
Blizzybrit (90) - Draenei/Mage (Mining/Jewelcrafting) - iLvL 437
Flictionbrit (69) - Gnome/Warlock (Mining/Engineering)
Boomybrit (85) - Night Elf/Druid (Herbalism/Inscription)
Fengsuibrit (54) - Panderan/Hunter (Skinning/Leatherworking)
Unstablebrit (52) - Human/Warlock (Mining/Skinning)
Elfybrit (49) - Night Elf/Priest (Herbalism/Mining)
Shadybrit (49) - Draenei/Priest (Herbalism/Mining)

Horde (Britannia):

Priestybrit (36) - Undead/Priest (Tailoring/Enchanting)
Gobbybrit (24) - Goblin/Warlock (Herbalism/Alchemy)
Cuteybrit (23) - Blood Elf/Priest (Mining/Blacksmithing)
Herbybrit (24) - Tauren/Druid (Herbalim/Inscription)
Shammybrit (22) - Troll/Shaman (Mining/Engineering)
Beastybrit (23) - Blood Elf/Hunter (Skinning/Leatherworking)
Fuzzybrit (23) - Panderan/Mage (Mining/Jewelcrafting)

Some great things were accomplished over the last week, so let me list them.

1. Just got the Alliance guild to level 21
2. Got Boomy to level 85
3. Got Gnomey to level 90
4. Got Fliction through Outland
5. Got all Alliance toons finished in Badlands

Of course, I took them all through the DMF for the profession quests also.

So, I played nearly all Alliance, all week. I am so focused right now on getting the guild to level 25. Hitting 21 was excellent, and only 4 levels to go now. Most of the work is being done by my lowest level toons who tore through Badlands and are now heading to Winterspring before coming back to Swamp of Sorrows.

I decided to get Gnomey to 90 just for the hell of it. Because they have nerfed the XP required, I just finished up some stuff in Kun-Lai to get the Grummlepack, and then only just did the first few quests in TS and dinged 90 after doing a dungeon. As a consequence, Gnomey's iLvL was way to low to get into Scenarios. I crafted a couple of 450 tailoring items, and made a 450 ring, and got to the required iLvL. Then I went into Areana of Annihilation for the 450 staff.

Getting Boomy to 85 was fun too. All the Herbing in Cata for Whiptail, and then making all the Fortune Cards and Key to the Planes. I made tons of gold. I got a 1000g card out of the couple of hundred I made :)

So, the Alliance guild is level 21 and 4%. The Horde guild is level 4 and 35% (after all the DMF quests). Achievements are at 2950, with the latest being Jack of All Trades.

The goals for next week are to keep leveling the lower level Alliance toons, and get Fliction through Northrend. I may even play a bit of Horde :)

Cheers.