A New Master Plan!

Hi,

Yep. I've decided to set myself some long term goals in the game. I like goals, and like it when everything I do in the game is contributing to those goals.

With that in mind, I want to set goals for leveling, gearing, professions, achievements, and gold. So, I had 12 level 90s at the start of WoD (well, 11 + 1 boosted). So I'll concentrate on those. That's 120 levels to be gained in Draenor. For Gearing, lets set a goal of getting them all to 640. Let's take the base as 600, so that's 480 gear levels to gain. Also, let's make sure to have 3 totally upgraded crafting pieces per character. That's 108 levels for Crafting Gear (one for the item, and 2 for upgrades. 3 pieces each). For Profs, lets set a goal of two maxed Professions per character. That's 100 levels for each prof, and thus 2400 prof levels to gain (even if they started from 1, I'll still only count 600-700). Also, Flaying should get max Arch, Fishing, Cooking, and First Aid. That's 400 levels to get. For Achievements, lets set the goal to be 10,000. Also, lets say 100 Guild Achievement points. I only have 60 currently. For gold, why don't we go for Max. That's 1M gold on Flaying.

What I'll do each week is to tally up how I'm doing against all these. Then I'll average it all out and have a grand total (weighting each of the 8 categories equally).

Currently:

Leveling: 82/120 => 68.33%
Gearing: 125/480 => 26.04%
Crafted Gear:36/108 => 33.33%
Professions: 1999/2400 => 83.29%
Secondary Profs: 238/400 => 59.5%
Achievements: 6310/10000 => 63.1%
Guild Achievements: 60/100 => 60%
Gold: 277.231/1,000,000 => 27.72%

Total overall Completion: 52.66%

Not bad :)

Well, I did get FengSui to level 100:

Fengsui at 100

I also started leveling Boomy as my next 100. She's now in Spires of Arak. I chose here because she's accumulated so many level 100 pieces of gear from follower missions, and really needs to be able to open them up.

Also, Pally reached GR cap, and I needed to have something to spend them on. So I leveled her up to 96 for the Garden. She's still at cap though :)

I also got Stealthy into Draenor and got her far enough to get the professions moving, and to get a level 2 Garrison.

Flaying, Gnomey, and Fengsui all did LFR, and all my 100s leveled some old raids (Firelands and Bastion of Twilight at least) for some extra gold. Also, making sure to get level 3 Salvage Yards on all of them. BTW: I made a guide about making money, over at wowhead:

http://www.wowhead.com/guide=2915/making-money-with-alts-in-wod

Oh yeah, I also made sure to keep my level 3 Barns filled up for chances of Savage Blood on Flaying, Gnomey, and Fengsui. Draeny will come later once I gear her up a bit.

Other than this, Trap did get some play before I decided on the new master plan. I won't be touching my less than 90 characters for quite a while now. I don't mind at all, as I hate CRZ.

Alliance (Brits United) on Draenor:

Flayingbrit (100) - Human/Priest (Herbalism 700/Alchemy 700) - iLvl 644
Draenybrit (100) - Draenei/Shaman (Mining 700/Blacksmithing 700) - iLvl 623
Gnomeybrit (100) - Gnome/Priest (Tailoring 700/Enchanting 687) - iLvl 631
Flictionbrit (100) - Gnome/Warlock (Mining 700/Engineering 715) - iLvl 621
Fengsuibrit (100) - Pandaren/Hunter (Skinning 700/Leatherworking 700) - iLvl 620
Blizzybrit (96) - Draenei/Mage (Mining 700/Jewelcrafting 710)
Boomybrit (98) - Night Elf/Druid (Herbalism 700/Inscription 700)
Unstablebrit (97) - Human/Warlock (Herbalim 700/Skinning 692)
Pallybrit (96) - Human/Paladin (Blacksmithing 493/Tailoring 686)
Bamboodbrit (93) - Pandaren/Priest (Herbalism 642/Alchemy 700)
Priestybrit (61) - Draenei/Priest (None)
Raidbrit (10) - Doesn't matter (2nd account)  

Alliance (Brits United) on Echo Isles:
   
Shaolinbrit (92) - Pandaren/Monk (Mining 700/Jewelcrafting 656)
Slealthybrit (91) - Pandaren/Rogue (Skinning 634/Leatherworking 602)
Smashbrit (12) - Pandaren/Warrior (None) 
Frostybrit (70) - Draenei/Death Knight (None)
Trapbrit (29) - Draenei/Hunter (None) 
  
Horde (Britannia) on Ghostlands:
  
Priestybrit (43) - Undead/Priest (Tailoring 176/Enchanting 196)
Elfybrit (3) - Blood Elf/Priest (None) 
Shammybrit (14) - Orc/Shaman (Mining 21/Herbalism 25)


As I said, Achievements have made it up to 6310 now:

6310

The last two being Proving Yourself (Bronze Damage) (I couldn't get Silver), and Master Draftsman (40 blueprints on Flaying).

The plan for next week is to work on the Master Plan. Leveling, Gearing, Making Gold, Achievements, and professions. It will be nice to concentrate on Draenor.

Cheers.

Happy MLK Day!

Hi,

Yep, we've got the day off here, so some playing time and reflecting on the Civil Rights movement.

A lot has happened this week. The main thing being the massive amount of gold I've been bringing in. I didn't know how much gold I had last week until I checked my blog. I said I had just over 172K. Well, guess what......now it's up to over 244K. That's 72K in a week. Awesome. I sold lots of 640 gear and 630 weapons, sold lots of potions and flasks, sold a couple of Hexweave bags, sold lots of mats from the Mine and Garden, and soloed lots of old Raids.

Here's the proof, in Flaying's bags:

Flaying's bags

You can critique the stuff in there, but the main point of interest in the 244,695 gold :)

I said that Fliction wasn't good at soloing Raids, but I got the advice off the forums to try Destruction instead of my normal affliction. It is much better. Even though Rain of Fire is pretty week, at least it tags all the mobs so that she can loot them all. Not too bad single target either.

I did level Fengsui as my latest char to level to 100, although I only got her to 97. She's now hit Spires of Arak, and I hope to get her to 100 soon. It's going to be awesome to trap Elite mobs for chances at savage blood. Flaying has been doing that, a few mornings during the week, and manages OK, but has about half heath after a trap and needs to heal.

I want to get Gnomey and Draeny doing that too, but they need to gear up a bit first. Gnomey hit all 3 wings of LFR, and got a couple of upgrades. I really haven't done the Apexis daily on any of them, but I know I should, if I want to gear them up.

Speaking of gearing up, now that I have amassed a fortune, I am stopping crafting gear to sell on the AH, and am switching back to making upgrades for my own character's gear (even though they'd sell on the AH for like 25K!!).

Several mornings, I've played Trapbrit, and she's made it to level 28. A Hunter with Heirlooms just breezes trough the content. She's just about to hit Northern Stranglehorn.

Oh yeah, I did push Stealthy through the Draenor starting experience to get her to a Garrison too. So now all my 90+s are in Draenor.

Alliance (Brits United) on Draenor:

Flayingbrit (100) - Human/Priest (Herbalism 700/Alchemy 700) - iLvl 644
Draenybrit (100) - Draenei/Shaman (Mining 700/Blacksmithing 700) - iLvl 620
Gnomeybrit (100) - Gnome/Priest (Tailoring 700/Enchanting 676) - iLvl 620
Flictionbrit (100) - Gnome/Warlock (Mining 700/Engineering 715) - iLvl 612
Fengsuibrit (97) - Pandaren/Hunter (Skinning 688/Leatherworking 700)
Blizzybrit (96) - Draenei/Mage (Mining 700/Jewelcrafting 710)
Boomybrit (97) - Night Elf/Druid (Herbalism 700/Inscription 700)
Unstablebrit (97) - Human/Warlock (Herbalim 700/Skinning 687)
Pallybrit (93) - Human/Paladin (Blacksmithing 423/Tailoring 681)
Bamboodbrit (93) - Pandaren/Priest (Herbalism 642/Alchemy 700)
Priestybrit (61) - Draenei/Priest (None)
Raidbrit (10) - Doesn't matter (2nd account)  

Alliance (Brits United) on Echo Isles:
   
Shaolinbrit (92) - Pandaren/Monk (Mining 700/Jewelcrafting 635)
Slealthybrit (90) - Pandaren/Rogue (Skinning 600/Leatherworking 600)
Smashbrit (12) - Pandaren/Warrior (None) 
Frostybrit (70) - Draenei/Death Knight (None)
Trapbrit (28) - Draenei/Hunter (None) 
  
Horde (Britannia) on Ghostlands:
  
Priestybrit (43) - Undead/Priest (Tailoring 176/Enchanting 196)
Elfybrit (3) - Blood Elf/Priest (None) 
Shammybrit (14) - Orc/Shaman (Mining 21/Herbalism 25)

Achievements have made it up to 6230 this week, with the last two being Savagely Epic (Flaying got a crafted hood to make all pieces 640+), and Filling up the Barn (25 Mounts).

Achievements

The plan for next week is to no concentrate on gold so much. Craft lots of upgrades and gear my 100s up, do trapping for Savage Blood, level Fengsui to 100, and probably level Trap and maybe Priesty and Frosty.

Cheers.

Opinion Time is Going Away

Hi,

Special Blog post.

I started Opinion Time in an effort to foster some discussion about the topic in the comments section of the blog post. However, this was a dismal failure, as no one has commented on any of them.

So, I will not be doing any more Opinion Times, just recounting my adventures within the game.

Cheers.

Four Level 100s!

Hi,

Yep, I got Fliction to 100 yesterday. She was finishing up Spires of Arak, and then did a bit of Nagrand to get to 100. She already had about 4 pieces of 615/630 gear waiting for her, getting her to 610 immediately.

Fliction will now be soloing old raids, and started off with Firelands. Boy, the lack of AOE is so annoying. She does really well on the bosses and single targets, but multiple mobs are a real pain. I think my next 100 will have to be a class that has good AOE (like my Priests and Shaman). So, I decided that my next 100 will be my Hunter, so I started leveling her again.

I also got Blizzy to 96 for the Herb Garden, level 2 Gem Boutique, and thus the JC daily. The first one got me about 208 gold, for 120 Ore. Not bad, as on the AH, I could only get less than 100 gold for 120 ore.

So, my roster now looks like this:

Chars on Draenor

With soloing old Raids, and siphoning all gold over 10K from other characters to Flaying, and selling another Hexweave Bag for 4K, and tons of Ore and Herbs, Flaying has now got over 172K. Flaying is also creating Greater Draenic Intellect Flasks, and selling those to make a good bit of gold.

Flaying also did all 3 wings of LFR and got Imperator down on the first attempt. That was a fun fight.

In the mornings, I've switched from leveling Priesty and Trap to sending Flaying into Nagrand to trap Elite River Beasts. Here's the scoop. I have made nearly every single 640 crafted armor and 630 crafted weapon I need for all my characters. So I really need to make all the upgrades that require 15 Savage Blood each. With all the Primal Spirits I'm getting, I only get about 1 each 3 days, so I need another source. Trapping the River Beasts for work orders is really good. From the about 8 WOs I've completed so far, I have 3 more Savage Blood. I will continue to make sure Flaying's Barn WOs are full up moving forward. That's another reason to level Fengsui to 100. Get her Barn up and running and it will be way easier to trap on the Hunter.

With all the mats I have for crafting, I'll probably make some 640 and 630 stuff to sell on the AH, but I don't expect them to sell for much.

Alliance (Brits United) on Draenor:

Flayingbrit (100) - Human/Priest (Herbalism 700/Alchemy 700) - iLvl 642
Draenybrit (100) - Draenei/Shaman (Mining 700/Blacksmithing 700) - iLvl 620
Gnomeybrit (100) - Gnome/Priest (Tailoring 700/Enchanting 661) - iLvl 613
Flictionbrit (100) - Gnome/Warlock (Mining 700/Engineering 715) - iLvl 610
Fengsuibrit (94) - Pandaren/Hunter (Skinning 671/Leatherworking 700)
Blizzybrit (96) - Draenei/Mage (Mining 700/Jewelcrafting 710)
Boomybrit (97) - Night Elf/Druid (Herbalism 700/Inscription 700)
Unstablebrit (96) - Human/Warlock (Herbalim 700/Skinning 687)
Pallybrit (93) - Human/Paladin (Blacksmithing 342/Tailoring 665)
Bamboodbrit (92) - Pandaren/Priest (Herbalism 642/Alchemy 673)
Priestybrit (61) - Draenei/Priest (None)
Raidbrit (10) - Doesn't matter (2nd account) 

Alliance (Brits United) on Echo Isles:
  
Shaolinbrit (92) - Pandaren/Monk (Mining 683/Jewelcrafting 614)
Slealthybrit (90) - Pandaren/Rogue (Skinning 600/Leatherworking 600)
Smashbrit (12) - Pandaren/Warrior (None) 
Frostybrit (70) - Draenei/Death Knight (None)
Trapbrit (19) - Draenei/Hunter (None)
 
Horde (Britannia) on Ghostlands:
 
Priestybrit (43) - Undead/Priest (Tailoring 176/Enchanting 196)
Elfybrit (3) - Blood Elf/Priest (None) 
Shammybrit (14) - Orc/Shaman (Mining 21/Herbalism 25)

Achievements made it up to 6060 this week, with the last two being Heroic: Fall fo the Lich King (Now doing ICC on 10H) and Trap Superstar (from all the Trap Work Orders):

Achievements

The plan for next week is more of the same (making gold, crafting, etc.) and then making inroads into leveling Fengsui to 100. I don't know if I'll be doing any lower level character leveling, but I'll get to that eventually.

Opinion Time: The New WoW

Well, at max level, anyway. I'm finding that I'm spending time totally differently from any other WoW expansion. It was always about doing dailies while in a queue for Heroic Dungeons, to get something that could get you good gear (Valor etc.). You'd also be out in the World, gathering mats for crafting. I must admit that Sunsong Ranch was similar to what we do in Garrisons, but really, what I do in WoW these days is totally different.

Now, it's all about gearing up from your Follower Missions, doing the one daily if you feel like it for Apexis. Doing all your profession stuff and gathering at your Garrison, and hardly needing to go out in the World (except for Trapping). It really feels very different. With so many characters, it takes me so long to do all that, that I have barely any time for anything else.

So, is this a good or bad thing? I quite like the change actually. People are screaming about it on the forums, but I like the change of pace, because it really suits my playstyle. You know I don't mind doing stuff on my own, or doing the same stuff over and over, so this change really seems targeted at players like me.

Cheers.     

Happy New Year!

Hi,

Happy New Year everyone!! Here's to a very productive year in WoW for you all.

In the game, I got my third level 100. Gnomey made it to 100. She moved on to Nagrand soon after reaching 98, and got to 100 fairly quick. I now have 3 characters that I solo old Raids with. I solo:

Firelands
Bastion of Twilight
Blackrock Descent
Icecrown Citadel
Tournament of Champions

on each character.

I could probably do some in 25 or 10 (H), but I do them all on basic 10-man, for the speed of the runs. Last week, I got a bit greedy going for achievements on Flaying, and tried to do Firelands 10 (H). She got a few of the bosses down, but got owned really bad on Shannox. Those dogs....grrr. It's not much fun when you're stunned repeatedly until death.

Anyway, with the solo Raids, siphoning excess (over 10K) gold from alts to Flaying, selling another Hexweave bag, and selling all the ore and herbs, Flaying is now over 150K gold.

I need to get more characters to 100 :)

I also did quite a bit of unintentional leveling last week. That is, leveling up due to mining in the garrison, or from XP got from Follower missions. I would be doing something and BAM - level up. LOL. This happened to Fliction, Boomy, Blizzy, and Fengsui.

As Fliction got to 97, I decided to push on with her, targeting her as my next 100. She's now in Spires of Arak, leveling up nicely.

Draeny got to 615 iLevel and did the first wing of LFR. Unfortunately, they were already on the Butcher. 2 bosses, no loot :( I may see if I can do the 2nd wing on her tonight. Flaying did both wings, and Gnomey isn't at 615 yet.

Also, I leveled up Shaolin to 92, to get the level 2 Garrison, and start on her JC daily stuff.

Other than my high level characters, I put a bit of time into Priesty and Trap, in the mornings. Priesty got to level 60 and is now in Outland. Trap got to level 17 and is in Redridge Mountains.

Ahhh....Outland

Alliance (Brits United) on Draenor:

Flayingbrit (100) - Human/Priest (Herbalism 700/Alchemy 700) - iLvl 637
Draenybrit (100) - Draenei/Shaman (Mining 700/Blacksmithing 700) - iLvl 617
Gnomeybrit (100) - Gnome/Priest (Tailoring 700/Enchanting 648) - iLvl 605
Flictionbrit (97) - Gnome/Warlock (Mining 700/Engineering 715)
Fengsuibrit (94) - Pandaren/Hunter (Skinning 665/Leatherworking 673)
Blizzybrit (94) - Draenei/Mage (Mining 700/Jewelcrafting 710)
Boomybrit (97) - Night Elf/Druid (Herbalism 700/Inscription 700)
Unstablebrit (96) - Human/Warlock (Herbalim 700/Skinning 687)
Pallybrit (93) - Human/Paladin (Blacksmithing 264/Tailoring 647)
Bamboodbrit (92) - Pandaren/Priest (Herbalism 648/Alchemy 637)
Priestybrit (60) - Draenei/Priest (None)
Raidbrit (10) - Doesn't matter (2nd account) 
 
Alliance (Brits United) on Echo Isles: 
  
Shaolinbrit (92) - Pandaren/Monk (Mining 632/Jewelcrafting 601)
Slealthybrit (90) - Pandaren/Rogue (Skinning 600/Leatherworking 600)
Smashbrit (12) - Pandaren/Warrior (None) 
Frostybrit (68) - Draenei/Death Knight (None)
Trapbrit (17) - Draenei/Hunter (None)
 
Horde (Britannia) on Ghostlands:
 
Priestybrit (43) - Undead/Priest (Tailoring 176/Enchanting 196)
Elfybrit (3) - Blood Elf/Priest (None) 
Shammybrit (14) - Orc/Shaman (Mining 21/Herbalism 25)
 
Achievements have gone up to 6030, with the last two being Parasite Evening (from Blackrock Descent) and Upper Back Pain (from Tournament of Champions).

The plan for next week is to get Fliction to 100. Also to do LFR on the characters that are able, solo old Raids, and level up Priesty, Frosty, and Trap.

Opinion Time: WoW 10th Anniversary

Well, what a total let down. OK, we get a pet in the mail, and we got a Raid. But after reading about the Raid on the forums and how horrible it was (and how it really wasn't worth the time), I just didn't bother doing it at all. Yes, I know I'll miss out on the Core Hound mount, but I don't really care about that. I really don't like huge mounts that block people from doing stuff anyway.

I think they could have made the 10th Anniversary much cooler. Hopefully the 20th Anniversary stuff will be much better :)

Cheers.