Monday, March 31, 2014

The New New Plan

Hi,

Yep. I have a cunning plan.

Over my Birthday dinner with my wife, I asked her about spending $250 on WoW over the next six months. That's two six month subscriptions, and 2 pre-orders of WoD at $50 each. Money's a little tight at the moment, but I don't really spend money on much else, so she said OK.

So, what to boost with the 2 pre-orders. I definitely want a Rogue for Lockpicking. And I definitely want to take advantage of the boost to profs, so I'll be boosting a level 60. So, I need to start a Rogue, and get it to 60. I'll probably choose Skinning/LW as the profs, as LW is the worst to actually level. For the boost on the other account, I haven't decided yet. But I'm really thinking of Tailor/Enchant for the profs.

Here's the plan then. Get Shoalinbrit to 90 and pass the Hierlooms to the Rogue, and level the Rogue like crazy to 60, and then boost. With that in mind, I started the Rogue. Stealthybrit.  I also played Shoalin a lot. Leveling a Monk in Heirlooms is just crazy, with the extra xp per day because of Enlightenment. Shaolin is now in Northrend, and I hope to get her to levels where she doesn't need the Heirlooms any more this coming week. Once she does get to 90, I'm going to level Mining/JC 1-600 on her.

Locky got a bit a play before I decided to stop leveling professions and do them when I reach 90. Frosty also got some play. Leveling up the Pandaren will be the priority now, to get to 90 and then do 1-600 professions.

Bambood tried a different way to gear up, but running tons of Heroics and converting the JP to Honor for 522 pieces. Got one piece but put this on the back burner for now. Will probably do again when I need to grind JPs for the Hierloom daggers for Stealthy.

The Alliance Guild is now level 12 and 84%. I got three new achievements this week, pushing the total up to 4610. They were Rattle No More and Attention to Detail (from Bambood running Heroics), and Dog Pile (Flying on the Shado-Pan Dailies).

The plan for next week is to level Shaolin and some of the other Pandaren, and get Stealthy started off with Heirlooms.

Alliance (Brits United lvl 25) on Draenor:

Flayingbrit (90) - Human/Priest (Herbalism/Alchemy) - iLvL 544
Draenybrit (90) - Draenei/Shaman (Mining/Blacksmithing) - iLvL 522
Blizzybrit (90) - Draenei/Mage (Mining/Jewelcrafting) - iLvL 507
Flictionbrit (90) - Gnome/Warlock (Mining/Engineering) - iLvL 515
Fengsuibrit (90) - Pandaren/Hunter (Skinning/Leatherworking) - iLvL 526
Gnomeybrit (90) - Gnome/Priest (Tailoring/Enchanting) - iLvl 539
Boomybrit (90) - Night Elf/Druid (Herbalism/Inscription) - iLvL 505
Pallybrit (90) - Human/Paladin (Mining/Tailoring) - iLvL 504
Raidbrit (10) - Doesn't matter

Alliance (Brits United lvl 12) on Venture Co:

Unstablebrit (90) - Human/Warlock (Mining/Skinning) - iLvL 499
Bamboodbrit (90) - Pandaren/Priest (Herbalism/Alchemy) - iLvL 502
Smashbrit (29) - Pandaren/Warrior (None)
Shamwowbrit (62) - Pandaren/Shaman (None)
Shaolinbrit (71) - Pandaren/Monk (None) 
Frostybrit (28) - Pandaren/Mage (None)
Stealthybrit (11) - Pandaren/Rogue (None)
Dwarfybrit (59) - Dwarf/Priest (Tailoring/Enchanting)
Totembrit (35) - Dwarf/Shaman (Herbalism/Inscription)
Lockybrit (32) - Dwarf/Warlock (Mining/Jewelcrafting)
Elfybrit (60) - Night Elf/Priest (Herbalism/Mining)
Shadybrit (60) - Draenei/Priest (Herbalism/Mining)

Horde (Britannia lvl 5) on Ravenholdt:

Priestybrit (39) - Undead/Priest (Tailoring/Enchanting)
Gobbybrit (25) - Goblin/Warlock (Herbalism/Alchemy)
Cuteybrit (24) - Blood Elf/Priest (Mining/Blacksmithing)
Herbybrit (29) - Tauren/Druid (Herbalim/Inscription)
Shammybrit (23) - Troll/Shaman (Mining/Engineering)
Beastybrit (24) - Blood Elf/Hunter (Skinning/Leatherworking)
Fuzzybrit (27) - Pandaren/Mage (Mining/Jewelcrafting)
Powerbrit (23) - Pandaren/Priest (Mining/Skinning)

Cheers.

Monday, March 24, 2014

Well, at least it's better than CRZ

Hi,

Let me tell you what happened on Venture Co. One morning, like most mornings, I was continuing to do the Timeless Isle dailies on Unstable and Bambood. I was in the middle of doing it, when a Hunter helped me kill something, and invited me to a group. So, I accepted, thinking he was doing the daily too. I followed him, and was gob-smacked when I saw he was attacking a Horde player. He quickly died, and I high tailed out of there, and dropped group. I finished my daily, but on my way back from the puzzle daily, the Horde ambushed me, and killed me. All because that stupid Hunter had started the PvP at 6:00am for goodness sake.

Shaolin was questing in Western Plaguelands, and doing the Readpath forgiveness quest. Halfway through, a couple of Horde came out of nowhere, and killed her. Well, I didn't really need that quest anyway, and rezzed and got away and finished the zone by Light's Hope Chapel instead.

The moral of the story is, at least it's better than CRZ. I really have no interest in PvP, but when I get killed by the Horde, it just doesn't matter. No CRZ makes it totally worth the aggravation.

Bambood and Unstable continue to Timeless Isle, and Bambood just got to 20K and got the 489 staff to get to 499. Fengsui continued making Hardened Magnificent Hide, and got enough for the belt, so her iLvL went up to 526. I also did some herbing and Alchemy on Bambood, getting Alchemy up into the Northrend levels.

All my other time was spent on the Panderan and Dwarf on Venture Co. Shamwow got to 60 and is now in Outland. I try to play Shaolin for an hour a day now, getting the Monk XP buff for an hour, and she's leveling so quickly. Shaolin is getting the Mageweave cloth for Dwarfy right now, and hopefully will get Dwarfy past that stage tonight. I even played Frosty a bit, now that she has full heirlooms.The only one that didn't get play is Smash. I don't know why. I guess I'm just not feeling Warrior right now.

Dwafy is on hold until that happens, but Totem and Locky have been getting some play. Totem is nearly finished with Stranglehorn, and Locky is about to hit Strangelhorn Vale.


The Alliance guild on Venture Co is now level 12 and 20%. Achievements have gone up slightly to 4280 with the last one being Explore Deadwind Pass (by Bambood while herbing).

The plan for next week is to continue to level all the Panderan and Dwarves. Several of them should be in Outland by next week's update.
 
Alliance (Brits United lvl 25) on Draenor:

Flayingbrit (90) - Human/Priest (Herbalism/Alchemy) - iLvL 544
Draenybrit (90) - Draenei/Shaman (Mining/Blacksmithing) - iLvL 522
Blizzybrit (90) - Draenei/Mage (Mining/Jewelcrafting) - iLvL 507
Flictionbrit (90) - Gnome/Warlock (Mining/Engineering) - iLvL 515
Fengsuibrit (90) - Pandaren/Hunter (Skinning/Leatherworking) - iLvL 526
Gnomeybrit (90) - Gnome/Priest (Tailoring/Enchanting) - iLvl 539
Boomybrit (90) - Night Elf/Druid (Herbalism/Inscription) - iLvL 505
Pallybrit (90) - Human/Paladin (Mining/Tailoring) - iLvL 504
Raidbrit (10) - Doesn't matter

Alliance (Brits United lvl 12) on Venture Co:

Unstablebrit (90) - Human/Warlock (Mining/Skinning) - iLvL 499
Bamboodbrit (90) - Pandaren/Priest (Herbalism/Alchemy) - iLvL 499
Smashbrit (29) - Pandaren/Warrior (None)
Shamwowbrit (61) - Pandaren/Shaman (None)
Shaolinbrit (49) - Pandaren/Monk (None)
Frostybrit (25) - Pandaren/Mage (None)
Dwarfybrit (56) - Dwarf/Priest (Tailoring/Enchanting)
Totembrit (35) - Dwarf/Shaman (Herbalism/Inscription)
Lockybrit (30) - Dwarf/Warlock (Mining/Jewelcrafting)
Elfybrit (60) - Night Elf/Priest (Herbalism/Mining)
Shadybrit (60) - Draenei/Priest (Herbalism/Mining)
 
Horde (Britannia lvl 5) on Ravenholdt:

Priestybrit (39) - Undead/Priest (Tailoring/Enchanting)
Gobbybrit (25) - Goblin/Warlock (Herbalism/Alchemy)
Cuteybrit (24) - Blood Elf/Priest (Mining/Blacksmithing)
Herbybrit (29) - Tauren/Druid (Herbalim/Inscription)
Shammybrit (23) - Troll/Shaman (Mining/Engineering)
Beastybrit (24) - Blood Elf/Hunter (Skinning/Leatherworking)
Fuzzybrit (27) - Pandaren/Mage (Mining/Jewelcrafting)
Powerbrit (23) - Pandaren/Priest (Mining/Skinning)

Cheers.

Monday, March 17, 2014

10 Level 90s!!

Hi,

Yep, Bambood made it to 90 pretty early in the week. A full set of Timeless gear was waiting for her, obviously, so she got 496 in every slot except the weapon and a trinket. She hit Heroics for a a couple of days, got to 1750 JPs, did the Shieldwall intro quests, and got the Shieldwall 496 trinket. She's been doing Timeless Isle in the mornings, but hasn't got to 20K yet for the weapon. Unstable continues to do Timeless Isle in the mornings too, and is working on getting to 50K, for either the 535 trinket, or a Burden.

Flaying got a tiny bit of play this week. I was thinking of running wing 1 of SOO LFR, but saw someone advertizing for 'LF1M DPS Flex Wing 1 Sha'. So, I decided to give it a go. The fight went really well and I got a Secret, and the Chest token on the bonus roll.. So, Flaying actually geared up slightly.

Oh, one other thing I decided to do. I read people on the forums say that it was really easy to level profs at 90, even collecting your own mats. So, I decided to give it a go on Bambood. She got Herbing and Alchemy, and has been busy gathering herbs and making potions etc. Herbalism is now 202, and Alchemy is 195. It's also cool being able to herb in Pandaria, if only to level up Herbalism. Not really bothered about the Green Tea Leaf scraps, but having a sure fire skill up is nice.

All other time has been spent on my lower level Venture Co toons. Dwarfy and Shamwow got most play, getting through Badlands and getting Dwarfy all the Mageweave Cloth required. Also, Shaolin got some play as she now has complete Heirlooms, and leveling in Duskwood went extremely fast. Frosty and Locky also got some play, as I really need those Glyphs and Gems.

Fengsui and Boomy continue to do the farm. Boomy is still getting new glyphs each day, and Fengsui is about a week away from another 553 piece.

The Alliance guild is now level 11 and 47%. Achievements are still 4570 and haven't moved at all.

The plan for next week is to continue doing everything noted in this blog post. That is, working on Unstable and Bambood in the morning, and working on the other Alliance toons in the evening. I'll see where I can get Bambood's Alchemy to also. Also, I'm seriously considering using the AH again. Only for High level stuff. This is because Unstable is getting a lot of ore and leather on Venture Co with nothing to use it for. Hmm, giving it some thought.


Alliance (Brits United lvl 25) on Draenor:

Flayingbrit (90) - Human/Priest (Herbalism/Alchemy) - iLvL 544
Draenybrit (90) - Draenei/Shaman (Mining/Blacksmithing) - iLvL 522
Blizzybrit (90) - Draenei/Mage (Mining/Jewelcrafting) - iLvL 507
Flictionbrit (90) - Gnome/Warlock (Mining/Engineering) - iLvL 515
Fengsuibrit (90) - Pandaren/Hunter (Skinning/Leatherworking) - iLvL 522
Gnomeybrit (90) - Gnome/Priest (Tailoring/Enchanting) - iLvl 539
Boomybrit (90) - Night Elf/Druid (Herbalism/Inscription) - iLvL 505
Pallybrit (90) - Human/Paladin (Mining/Tailoring) - iLvL 504
Raidbrit (10) - Doesn't matter

Alliance (Brits United lvl 11) on Venture Co:

Unstablebrit (90) - Human/Warlock (Mining/Skinning) - iLvL 498
Bamboodbrit (90) - Pandaren/Priest (Herbalism/Alchemy) - iLvL 496
Elfybrit (60) - Night Elf/Priest (Herbalism/Mining)
Shadybrit (60) - Draenei/Priest (Herbalism/Mining)
Smashbrit (29) - Pandaren/Warrior (None)
Shamwowbrit (53) - Pandaren/Shaman (None)
Shaolinbrit (27) - Pandaren/Monk (None)
Frostybrit (20) - Pandaren/Mage (None)
Dwarfybrit (51) - Dwarf/Priest (Tailoring/Enchanting)
Totembrit (28) - Dwarf/Shaman (Herbalism/Inscription)
Lockybrit (26) - Dwarf/Warlock (Mining/Jewelcrafting)

Horde (Britannia lvl 5) on Ravenholdt:

Priestybrit (39) - Undead/Priest (Tailoring/Enchanting)
Gobbybrit (25) - Goblin/Warlock (Herbalism/Alchemy)
Cuteybrit (24) - Blood Elf/Priest (Mining/Blacksmithing)
Herbybrit (29) - Tauren/Druid (Herbalim/Inscription)
Shammybrit (23) - Troll/Shaman (Mining/Engineering)
Beastybrit (24) - Blood Elf/Hunter (Skinning/Leatherworking)
Fuzzybrit (27) - Pandaren/Mage (Mining/Jewelcrafting)
Powerbrit (23) - Pandaren/Priest (Mining/Skinning)

Cheers.

Monday, March 10, 2014

Another over 500

Hi,

So, yes, one of the main goals of the week was gearing up Boomy, my only 90 to have less than 500 iLvL. It was pretty easy, getting the Shieldwall Trinket, getting the 489 Timeless Staff, and upgrading a couple of pieces with Valor. She's now at 505. She also did the first wing of SOO, but didn't get any gear drops. Unstable didn't quite make it to 500, doing the TI daily every morning for about a week now. She got the 489 Staff, but hasn't got enough coins for a burden yet, and didn't get one to drop. Tip-toeing around in the morning about 6am on a PvP server is quite fun. I announced a rare was up, then did a /who, and there were no other Alliance online :)

Bambood didn't quite make it to 90. She completed Jade Forest and has started Kun Lai, and has been doing lots of dungeons. Still more than one level to go still though. She did replace all heirloooms now, so these were all handed down to Frosty. So, Frosty got some play, leveling though Westfall and hitting level 18. 

Others that saw play were Shamwow, and Locky. Locky needed to get to 75 in mining and JC for the DMF. It took getting all the way through Redridge Mountains,. with Unstable helping by mining a bit of Tin Ore too. Shamwow hit 40 in WPL and then needed to go back to SWC, but is now questing again in EPL and getting more Silk Cloth for Dwarfy (so she can finally get into the Mageweave Cloth part of Tailoring).

Flaying also got a bit of play, getting 3 more Secrets, and also doing some dungeons for JPs for Heirlooms. She finally completed Order of the Could Serpent too.

The Alliance guild is now level 10 and 84%. Achievements have gone up to 4570, with the last two being And Stay Dead (from a Heroic) and Order of the Cloud Serpent.

The plan for next week is definitely to get Bambood to 90. Also, to level Shamwow a bit to finish getting Silk Cloth, and then level Dwarfy a bit more. I want to get Dwarfy to Outland, so that she can start crafting Netherweave Bags. I'll also probably work on Frosty a bit, as well as others.

Alliance (Brits United lvl 25) on Draenor:

Flayingbrit (90) - Human/Priest (Herbalism/Alchemy) - iLvL 543
Draenybrit (90) - Draenei/Shaman (Mining/Blacksmithing) - iLvL 522
Blizzybrit (90) - Draenei/Mage (Mining/Jewelcrafting) - iLvL 507
Flictionbrit (90) - Gnome/Warlock (Mining/Engineering) - iLvL 515
Fengsuibrit (90) - Pandaren/Hunter (Skinning/Leatherworking) - iLvL 522
Gnomeybrit (90) - Gnome/Priest (Tailoring/Enchanting) - iLvl 539
Boomybrit (90) - Night Elf/Druid (Herbalism/Inscription) - iLvL 505
Pallybrit (90) - Human/Paladin (Mining/Tailoring) - iLvL 504
Raidbrit (10) - Doesn't matter

Alliance (Brits United lvl 10) on Venture Co:

Unstablebrit (90) - Human/Warlock (Mining/Skinning) - iLvL 498
Elfybrit (60) - Night Elf/Priest (Herbalism/Mining)
Shadybrit (60) - Draenei/Priest (Herbalism/Mining)
Smashbrit (29) - Pandaren/Warrior (None)
Shamwowbrit (43) - Pandaren/Shaman (None)
Shaolinbrit (21) - Pandaren/Monk (None)
Bamboodbrit (88) - Pandaren/Priest (None)
Frostybrit (18) - Pandaren/Mage (None)
Dwarfybrit (46) - Dwarf/Priest (Tailoring/Enchanting)
Totembrit (27) - Dwarf/Shaman (Herbalism/Inscription)
Lockybrit (21) - Dwarf/Warlock (Mining/Jewelcrafting)

Horde (Britannia lvl 5) on Ravenholdt:

Priestybrit (39) - Undead/Priest (Tailoring/Enchanting)
Gobbybrit (25) - Goblin/Warlock (Herbalism/Alchemy)
Cuteybrit (24) - Blood Elf/Priest (Mining/Blacksmithing)
Herbybrit (29) - Tauren/Druid (Herbalim/Inscription)
Shammybrit (23) - Troll/Shaman (Mining/Engineering)
Beastybrit (24) - Blood Elf/Hunter (Skinning/Leatherworking)
Fuzzybrit (27) - Pandaren/Mage (Mining/Jewelcrafting)
Powerbrit (23) - Pandaren/Priest (Mining/Skinning)

Cheers.

Monday, March 3, 2014

Gearing up on Venture Co

Hi,

So, I decided to see what Timeless Isle is like these days on Venture Co. Unstable went there at normal evening hours. My, what a gankfest. I got killed over and over by the same Horde and they wouldn't leave me alone. I thus needed to come up with a new plan. Well, I now send her there in the morning before I go to work. It's great, there is practically no one else there, and if there is, they're there just to get the quests done too. She got the burden from the guaranteed chest, and raised up to 496, with upgrades. Unstable has been there for the past few mornings and is closing in on 20K coins for the 489 weapon.

I also played Flaying a bit, both grinding for Black Prince exalted, and also working on Order of the Cloud Serpent rep, while queuing. She did the first wing of SOO again, and got 3 more Secrets. I may try to run 2nd wing tonight, before the reset for more secrets. She also spammed Heroics for a while to get Heirloom gear for my Monk, that I realized I hadn't got yet.

I played Bambood most though this week. She finished up Northrend and headed off to Mount Hyjal and Uldum. It went really fast with the Heirlooms that are still active (I don't bother updating Chest and Shoulder to level 85, so it's only the guild ones). With complete Mount Hyjal, complete Uldum, and just 2 dungeons, she made it to 85 just before finishing up Uldum. She's now ready to hit Mists.

I also played Dwarfy, Totem, and Locky a bit. Dwarfy is now in Badlands, and Locky is nearly finished with Westfall. I think I just did DMF quests on Totem this week.

Fengsui is still doing the farm, and Fliction is still dropping Blingtron once a day, and Boomy is still making one scroll of wisdom to learn another glyph (she's going to need to hit the farm too also). I didn't get round to gearing up Boomy this week.

Achievements are up to 4550, with the last two being Mantid Swarm (from a Heroic) and Instruments of Cruelty (from Archeology doing the OCS dailies). The Alliance guild is now up to level 10 and 31%.

The plan for next week is to continue playing Flaying a bit, get Bambood to 90, level up Dwarfy, Totem, and Locky, maybe get to some of the other Heirloomed Pandaren, and maybe gear up Boomy.

Alliance (Brits United lvl 25) on Draenor:

Flayingbrit (90) - Human/Priest (Herbalism/Alchemy) - iLvL 543
Draenybrit (90) - Draenei/Shaman (Mining/Blacksmithing) - iLvL 522
Blizzybrit (90) - Draenei/Mage (Mining/Jewelcrafting) - iLvL 507
Flictionbrit (90) - Gnome/Warlock (Mining/Engineering) - iLvL 515
Fengsuibrit (90) - Pandaren/Hunter (Skinning/Leatherworking) - iLvL 522
Gnomeybrit (90) - Gnome/Priest (Tailoring/Enchanting) - iLvl 539
Boomybrit (90) - Night Elf/Druid (Herbalism/Inscription) - iLvL 491
Pallybrit (90) - Human/Paladin (Mining/Tailoring) - iLvL 504
Raidbrit (10) - Doesn't matter

Alliance (Brits United lvl 10) on Venture Co:

Unstablebrit (90) - Human/Warlock (Mining/Skinning) - iLvL 496
Elfybrit (60) - Night Elf/Priest (Herbalism/Mining)
Shadybrit (60) - Draenei/Priest (Herbalism/Mining)
Smashbrit (29) - Pandaren/Warrior (None)
Shamwowbrit (36) - Pandaren/Shaman (None)
Shaolinbrit (21) - Pandaren/Monk (None)
Bamboodbrit (85) - Pandaren/Priest (None)
Frostybrit (11) - Pandaren/Mage (None)
Dwarfybrit (46) - Dwarf/Priest (Tailoring/Enchanting)
Totembrit (27) - Dwarf/Shaman (Herbalism/Inscription)
Lockybrit (15) - Dwarf/Warlock (Mining/Jewelcrafting)

Horde (Britannia lvl 5) on Ravenholdt:

Priestybrit (39) - Undead/Priest (Tailoring/Enchanting)
Gobbybrit (25) - Goblin/Warlock (Herbalism/Alchemy)
Cuteybrit (24) - Blood Elf/Priest (Mining/Blacksmithing)
Herbybrit (29) - Tauren/Druid (Herbalim/Inscription)
Shammybrit (23) - Troll/Shaman (Mining/Engineering)
Beastybrit (24) - Blood Elf/Hunter (Skinning/Leatherworking)
Fuzzybrit (27) - Pandaren/Mage (Mining/Jewelcrafting)
Powerbrit (23) - Pandaren/Priest (Mining/Skinning)

Cheers.